MAN RAYABAA
2019rif. 208097Tokyo: Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Tokyo Fuji Bijutsukan 2019. Softcover. Text in Japanese. Includes some color and numerous black and white illustrations. A near fine copy in wrappers with some minor wear and with a laid in compliments card from Teruo Ishihara who has signed the card and presented it to a collector. A nice copy of this uncomon catalog with only 5 copies listed in OCLC. Tokyo Fuji Art Museum Tokyo Fuji Bijutsukan unknown books
2009rif. 205540Gottingen Germany: Steidl 2009. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 367 pages. Text in French. Features a preface by John P. Jacob and an introduction by Merry A. Foresta. Includes hundreds of black and white images by Man Ray. A clean and tight very near fine copy in cloth boards and in a very near fine dust jacket. Steidl unknown books
1964rif. 3879Paris: Robert Laffont 1964. Original Wraps. Collectible; Very Good. 1964 1st French edition--follwing the American and English editions. Bright and VG in its original pictorial wrappers. Very light creasing to the spine otherwise clean as could be. Octavo 358 pgs. Robert Laffont unknown books
2007rif. 9026002New York: Harry N Abrams 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. With 300 photographs in duotone. Essays by Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais and Katherine Ware. Edited by Manfred Heiting. Essays by Andre Breton. Harry N Abrams hardcover books
2023rif. 199037New York: Da Donna Galleries in collaboration with Timothy Baum 2023. First edition. Oblong hardcover. 163 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran April 26 through June 2 2023. Features texts by Emmanuel Di Donna and Timothy Baum. Includes 70 black and white images and captions/checklist. A fine copy in black cloth boards with image affixed to the front cover. No dust jacket as issued. A nicely printed and designed catalog. Da Donna Galleries in collaboration with Timothy Baum unknown books
1991rif. 320909New York: Thames & Hudson 1991. Reprint. paperback. near fine. Man Ray. Introduction by Martin with 3 texts by Man Ray. Illustrated with 347 duotone plates. 256 pages. 4to glossy pictorial wrappers spine rubbed and slightly toned. New York: Thames and Hudson 1991. Third printing. A near fine copy. Thames & Hudson unknown books
2008rif. 205557Paris: Ed. Dilecta 2008. First edition. Softcovers. Two booklets. The first booklet features the texts of two lectures by Man Ray in English and French. The second features captions in English and French for photographs by Carlos Munoz Yague along with information about a documentary directed by Francois Levy-Kuentz. Both booklets in fine condition and with a fine dvd and all housed in a fine two part cardboard box with foam insert. Uncommon look at the studio of artist and photographer Man Ray. Ed. Dilecta unknown books
1963rif. 4737Paris: Editions Prisma 1963. Cloth. Collectible; Fine/Very Good. A crisp clean copy of the 1963 1st French edition. Near Fine in a bright VG pictorial dustjacket with light fading along the spine. Quarto nicely-reproduced Man Ray portraits thruout. Editions Prisma unknown books
1998rif. 74076Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou/Seuil 1998. First edition. 4to. 257 pp w/biography & list of illustrations. Fine in fine dust jacket. Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou/Seuil unknown books
1972rif. 160190Paris: Galerie des 4 Mouvements 1972. First Edition. First Edition. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Galerie des 4 Mouvements which ran from February 25 to March 25 1972. Text and titles in French. About Very Good plus in saddle stapled wrappers with French flaps. Light age toning on the page edges with wrappers lightly rubbed and soiled. Galerie des 4 Mouvements unknown books
1996rif. 35981Tokyo: Tokyo Station Gallery 1996. Very Good . Tokyo: Tokyo Station Gallery 1996. First Edition. Quarto 26cm; 226pp. Publisher’s stiff black wraps; light grey endsheets. Photographs throughout several in color. Wraps rather bumped and smudged. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages clean. Very Good or better. Published in conjunction with a series of posthumous retrospective exhibitions throughout Japan. Interior text in Japanese and French. Tokyo Station Gallery unknown books
2015rif. 49320Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz 2015. First edition. Hardcover. New in publisher's shrink wrap. Quarto. 236pp. Illustrated paper boards with white lettering on the spine. Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by The Phillips Collection Washington D.C. and The Israel Museum Jerusalem and held at The Phillips Collection Washington D.C. February 7-May 10 2015; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen June 11-September 20 2015; and at The Israel Museum Jerusalem October 20 2015-January 23 2016. "How does one make sense of a purported link between mathematics William Shakespeare and art The answer lies within the oeuvre of Man Ray 1890-1976. The publication sets out to unravel the Surrealist puzzle beginning with his photographs of mathematical models he encountered at the Institut Henri Poincaré in Paris in the thirties. Moreover it charts a path culminating in his Shakespearean Equations 1947-1954 series of oil paintings which were inspired by the photographs and painted in Hollywood over a decade later. The arc the images strike from painting back to photography reveals the ease with which Man Ray moved between various disciplines and forged his own path. An inveterate experimenter he pioneered artistic activities in the realms of painting object making film and photography challenging conventional boundaries and blurring established aesthetic categories." - The Publisher. Hatje Cantz hardcover books
1977rif. 9018342Venice: Edizioni La Biennale Venezia 1977. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original black cloth cover and spine stamped in white. Very slight bumping to top left corner of cloth overall in excellent condition. Profusely illustrated throughout in black & white. Text in Italian. Edizioni La Biennale Venezia hardcover books
1989rif. 560444New York: Kent Fine Art 1989. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Quarto. 85pp. Light wear a sticker shadow on the rear cover just about fine. Fully illustrated. "Artist's book compiled by Richard Prince." Works by Richard Artschwager Troy Brauntch Francis Picabia Sigmar Polke Richard Prince Man Ray Gerhard Richter Cindy Sherman and Andy Warhol. From a run of 2742 copies. Kent Fine Art unknown books
1938rif. B-2022-1016Second number of the art review XXe Siècle created and published by Gualtiero di San Lazzaro. It includes original essays by Man Ray Seligmann Miro Arp Duthuit and others; numerous b/w illustrations and photographs and one color lithograph: "Image populaire cinghalaise". Text in French. About 3 inches of cover detached from spine. Cover partially detached from book fully attached in the back. Inside of the book in very good condition. Chroniques du Jour paperback books
1984rif. 5619Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha 1984. First edition. soft cover. Very Good. 28 cm; 163 pages mostly illustrations some in color. Text primarily in Japanese with essay "Objects of Critical Reflexion" by Rosalind E. Krauss in English and Japanese and some text in French. Bound in illustrated wraps. Crease mark on spine else fine. Catalog of an exhibition held at Odakyu Grand Gallery Tokyo August 10-22 1984 and subsequently at four other locations in Japan. Includes bibliographical references pages 148-160. Mainichi Shinbunsha paperback books
rif. 11478One black & white illus. Single folded sheet 4 pp. Milan: Galleria Schwarz 1971. The scarce announcement and invitation for Man Ray's retrospective exhibition and book launch at Arturo Schwarz's Milan gallery and two other locations. In excellent condition. unknown books
1937rif. 345557Paris: G. L. M. 1937. Originally issued unbound along with twelve other halftone photo reproduction plates and with five sheets of text by André Breton in blue wrappers. 9 3/5 × 6 2/5 in. Single leaf with light foxing and toning to paper else near fine. Originally issued unbound along with twelve other halftone photo reproduction plates and with five sheets of text by André Breton in blue wrappers. 9 3/5 × 6 2/5 in. G. L. M. unknown books
1932rif. 90055Paris: Edward W. Titus 1932. First Edition. Octavo 22.75cm; original printed wrappers with yapped edges; v208vi-ixpp. Creasing tiny tears and some small losses to yapped edges some toning to upper front wrapper with two old stains to upper right edge of same and some foxing to text edges; majority of pages unopened; Very Good. Surrealist Number of this important avant-garde literary magazine edited by Edward Titus. Contents include contributions by André Breton Luis Buñuel René Char René Crevel Paul Eluard Marcel Duchamp Tristan Tzara and others. 90055. Edward W. Titus unknown books
1968rif. 28347Paris: Galerie Europe. 1968. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. Wraps metallic gold and black cover a good copy. A tear in the upper left corner of the front wrap has skinned back about ½" of the gold which has been laid back down. Exhibition catalog of a show of Man Ray's surrealist objects.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Galerie Europe paperback books
1982rif. 46950Milan: Gruppo Editoriale Electa Milano 1982. First edition. Near fine overall. Limited edition portfolio of prints by the surrealist photographer in the original slipcase and box. Twelve beautifully reproduced prints by Man Ray a selection spanning the years 1918 to 1956 and including two Rayographs a solarized portrait of Georges Braque the 1933 cover design for his first monograph a fashion photograph and two illustrations for Louis Aragon's "Aurélien." With a brief overview of his career by editor Daniela Palazzoli and a biographical introduction by Romeo Martinez who writes: "If the Muse presiding over photography was generous in her gifts to him he was sometimes rather sharp in his references to her in his caustic and paradoxical way" free with provocation in the way of a great and eclectic "artist and experimenter who doesn't bother about enshrined aesthetic canons." 16'' x 12''. Original black portfolio with plate mounted to front cover containing 12 individual black and white prints each with attached tissue guard and 4-page pamphlet with introductory text. In original glossy red and white slipcase. Edition of 1000. Some foxing/spotting wear to outer slipcase. Inner black sleeve near fine. Photos fine. Gruppo Editoriale Electa Milano unknown books
1956rif. 106101956. One black & white illus. Yellow sheet with five vertical folds. Paris: A L’Etoile Scellée 1956. Scarce A L’Etoile Scellée invitation to a show of works by Man Ray 1890-1976 in April 1956 with a text by André Breton 1896-1966 manager of the Surrealist gallery and check-list of exhibited works. A L’Etoile Scellée located on rue du Pré-aux-Clercs in the 7th arrondissement was an influential exhibition space for the Surrealists from 1952 to 1956. In excellent condition. unknown books
1982rif. 309247Milan: Gruppo Editoriale Electa 1982. One of 1000. 2 pages of text and 12 images 15 3/4" x 11 3/4". Folio. Portfolio black wrappers. Fine in wrapper. One of 1000. 2 pages of text and 12 images 15 3/4" x 11 3/4". Folio. Gruppo Editoriale Electa unknown books
1936rif. N - 2023 - 45Surrealist-oriented publication founded by Albert Skira. Albert Skira Editor Artistic Director Teriade. No. 9. First edition winter 1936 third year. Original cover by Matisse. Five hors-texts and three typed in color plates. Texts by E. Teriade R. Caillois Man Ray E. James A. Breton J. Prevert Salvador Dali and others. Teriade paperback books
rif. 11546Single folded sheet forming 4 pp. Paris: Galerie Furstenberg 1954. Scarce exhibition catalogue for Man Ray's show of paintings in Paris at the Galerie Furstenberg. This was his first exhibition in Paris since he had left for the United States in 1940. Galerie Furstenberg was run by Simone Collinet née Kahn 1897-1980 ex-wife of André Breton; her program presented exclusively Surrealists. She opened the gallery in 1954 and it closed in 1965. The checklist records 14 "small" paintings and objets and 15 "Equations Shakespeariennes" Man Ray's series of paintings. With a text by political activist and husband of the gallerist Michel Collinet 1904-77. In near fine condition with a horizontal fold. WorldCat records three copies in North America. The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Modern Art Index Project entry for Simone Breton contributed by Vérane Tasseau accessed 9 September 2026. unknown books
