New Haven, CT: Yale University Press ; London, Great Britain : National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio, (31cm). black cloth, 224 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), CONTENTS; Introduction: Icons of modern life / Marina Warner -- Man Ray in print / Terence Pepper -- Plates -- Chronology / Helen Trompeteler -- Further reading -- Picture credits.[edited by] Terence Pepper ; with an introduction by Marina Warner. fine copy in fine dust jacket. "Published to accompany the exhibition Man Ray Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 7 February to 27 May 2013, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, from 22 June to 8 September 2013, and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, from 28 October to 19 January 2014"--Title page verso. "The artist May Ray (1890-1976) initially taught himself photography in order to reproduce his own works of art, but it became one of his preferred mediums. As a contributor to the Dada and Surrealist movements in Paris during the 1920s, Man Ray was perfectly placed to make defining images of his avant-garde contemporaries, including Jean Cocteau, Peggy Guggenheim, and Gertrude Stein.".

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Bookseller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 112556054
Title: MAN RAY PORTRAITS
Author: Man Ray; Terence Pepper; Marina Warner; National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain),; Scottish National Portrait Gallery
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 030019479X
ISBN 13: 9780300194791
Publisher: Yale University Press ; London, Great Britain : National Portrait Gallery Publications
Place of Publication: New Haven, CT
Date Published: 2013
Size: Folio, (31cm)
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Man Ray, -- 1890-1976 -- Exhibitions.Portrait photography -- Exhibitions.,Photography, Artistic -- Exhibitions.Celebrities -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions., Man Ray, -- 1890-1976,Photography, Artistic., Portra¨ttfotografi.,
Bookseller catalogs: Photography; Biography & Autobiography;

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