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1968ref. 100144New York The Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. 1968 6 17.8 x 27.9 cm. New York, The Letter Edged in Black Press, 1968. Six portefeuilles 178 x 279 mm, présentés dans leurs emballages postaux d’origine, contenant chacun un sommaire, pour un total de 73 multiples originaux.
ref. A-71923-2Accordion fold artist's book featuring one multiple by Man Ray a blue baguette bread on the front cover held by a green ribbon to close the book. Also included on the book ten silkscreen after the artist Revolving Doors installation in colors three reproductions in colors and a three folded poster in colors. This artist's book was published by Galerie Alexandre Iolas in Paris as an exhibition catalogue for the exhibition Man Ray in 1973-1974. The blue baguette depicted on the cover was an original piece that Man Ray made in 1958 using stale bread painted blue. He later replaced it with a plaster version as the original was eaten by mice. Galerie Alexandre Iolas books
ref. A-71923-2Accordion fold artist's book featuring one multiple by Man Ray a blue baguette bread on the front cover held by a green ribbon to close the book. Also included on the book ten silkscreen after the artist Revolving Doors installation in colors three reproductions in colors and a three folded poster in colors. This artist's book was published by Galerie Alexandre Iolas in Paris as an exhibition catalogue for the exhibition Man Ray in 1973-1974. The blue baguette depicted on the cover was an original piece that Man Ray made in 1958 using stale bread painted blue. He later replaced it with a plaster version as the original was eaten by mice. Galerie Alexandre Iolas
1934ref. 106030Hartford James Thrall Soby 1934 31x25cm Hartford, James Thrall Soby, 1934, 31x25cm,112p, reliure peigne plasrique, couverture photographique en couleurs.104 photographies de Man Ray reproduites en héliogravure par Draeger Frères, textes de Man Ray, André Breton, Paul Eluard, Rrose Sèlavy et Tristan Tzara, en français, anglais et allemand. Mention de deuxième édition.
1937ref. 2467Paris Éditions GLM 1937. MAN RAY. La Photographie n'est pas L'Art. Paris: Éditions GLM 1937. Slim octavo 17 loose leaves in original flexible blue cloth portfolio original black die-cut wrapper. First edition of this landmark treatise with 12 full-page halftones of Man Ray's distinctive photographs 'regarded by some as amongst the greatest of the 20th century' Parr & Badger. Jean Cocteau called him 'the poet of the darkroom.' 'It was with Man Ray's arrival in Paris in the summer of 1921 when Dada was at its height that photographic experimentation temporarily leaderless after the disastrous war took a decisive new direction' Frizot 442. 'Man Ray's work introduced a particular note to Dadaism since he used photography and recognized early on that this medium could reproduce the effects of object-based art in two-dimensional form. Photography was in a position to preserve the ordinary and to unleash surreal effects' Icons of Photography 26. 'Although he incorporated photography into his Dadaist practice much of his photographic activity was given over to conventional portrait and fashion commissions. This rankled with him and 'photography is not an art' was a constant theme in his work. La Photographie n'est pas L'Art is one of the most enigmatic yet advanced of all his books. It can be taken as a summation of his experiments in photography and might be said to be his photographic swansong' Parr & Badger 108-09. With text by André Breton. See Roth 80-81 86-87. Interior and images fine. Only light sunning to cover through aperture in wrapper. A fine copy. Scarce. Bauman quote In a contemporary clam shell box in blue cloth. GLM books
1937ref. 2467Paris Éditions GLM 1937. MAN RAY. La Photographie n'est pas L'Art. Paris: Éditions GLM 1937. Slim octavo 17 loose leaves in original flexible blue cloth portfolio original black die-cut wrapper. First edition of this landmark treatise with 12 full-page halftones of Man Ray's distinctive photographs 'regarded by some as amongst the greatest of the 20th century' Parr & Badger. Jean Cocteau called him 'the poet of the darkroom.' 'It was with Man Ray's arrival in Paris in the summer of 1921 when Dada was at its height that photographic experimentation temporarily leaderless after the disastrous war took a decisive new direction' Frizot 442. 'Man Ray's work introduced a particular note to Dadaism since he used photography and recognized early on that this medium could reproduce the effects of object-based art in two-dimensional form. Photography was in a position to preserve the ordinary and to unleash surreal effects' Icons of Photography 26. 'Although he incorporated photography into his Dadaist practice much of his photographic activity was given over to conventional portrait and fashion commissions. This rankled with him and 'photography is not an art' was a constant theme in his work. La Photographie n'est pas L'Art is one of the most enigmatic yet advanced of all his books. It can be taken as a summation of his experiments in photography and might be said to be his photographic swansong' Parr & Badger 108-09. With text by André Breton. See Roth 80-81 86-87. Interior and images fine. Only light sunning to cover through aperture in wrapper. A fine copy. Scarce. Bauman quote In a contemporary clam shell box in blue cloth. GLM
1933ref. 88275Le Phare de Neuilly | Neuilly-sur-Seine S.d. [1933] | 18.20 x 25.10 cm | 3 volumes brochés
1933ref. 88275Neuilly-sur-Seine: Le Phare de Neuilly 1933. Fine. One of the rarest and most iconic Surrealist magazines Le Phare de Neuilly Neuilly-sur-Seine S.d. 1933 18.20 x 25.10 cm 3 volumes brochés First edition of this important and very rare magazine complete with 4 issues in 3 volumes. Complete collection of this luxurious Surrealist magazine edited and funded by Lise Deharme and characterized by its emphasis on photography. Covers illustrated by Man Ray illustrations in black. Contributions by Salvador Dali Hans Arp Dora Maar Oscar Dominguez Brassaï Lee Miller Jacques Lacan James Joyce Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes Ilarie Voronca Nathalie Barney Benjamin Fondane Pierre Drieu La Rochelle Alejo Carpentier Eugène Jolas Lise Hirtz Lise Deharme Raymond Queneau Claude Sernet Roger Vitrac Robert Desnos Jean Follain Léon-Paul Fargue Pierre Keffer Jacques Baron Gottried Benn Céline Arnauld Monny de Boully Georgette Camille André de Richaud Jules Supervielle Claire Goll Paul Laforgue David Herbert Lawrence Marcel Jouhandeau Paul Dermée Jean Painlevé Nadar Pétrus Borel and Stendhal. Sunned spine on the No. 3/4 issue. Spine-ends and corners slightly rubbed otherwise a wonderfully preserved copy. A very fine example of this rare avant-garde magazine which ""came into being over the course of a few dinners that brought together the dissidents of Surrealism and other poets in this hospitable abode of Lise Deharme. Robert Desnos provided the title. Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes was the editor. Man Ray had designed the cover: a silhouette of a lighthouse against a photographic background of sailing boats. . It contains curiosities: a tale by Petrus Borel a photo by Nadar popular songs an investigation into the neurosis of war epitaphs taken from a cemetery of animals. Among other curiosities a sonnet by the famous psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan. It is entitled Hiatus irrationalis."" Jacques Baron Cahiers de l'Herne Raymond Queneau p. 333. Le Phare de Neuilly unknown
ref. 20958Dessins de Chas Laborde gravés sur bois par Robert Dill. P., Editions de la Banderole, *Collection d'Œuvres Originales*, 1920, in-12, relié demi-maroquin brique à coins, tête dorée, couv et dos conservés, dos à 5 nerfs, tête dorée, non rogné (Marcel Day), 150 p. Edition originale num. sur Lafuma teinté. Exceptionnel exemplaire enrichi de 10 dessins originaux à l’encre de Pierre Mac Orlan montés sur onglets ou contrecollés sur papier blanc, tous en début de volume, ainsi que d’une PHOTOGRAPHIE ORIGINALE de MAN RAY en tirage argentique d’époque, format 9,8 × 7,4.Les dessins ont été reproduits dans des ouvrages illustrés par Mac Orlan comme *Les Pattes en l’air* (1911), les *Contes de la pipe en terre* (1914), *U-713 ou les Gentilshommes d’infortune* (1917) ou encore dans des revues et plus probablement dans La Baïonnette. La photographie de Man Ray date du tout début des années 20. Elle est prise en buste, Mac Orlan est élégamment vêtu et porte un nœud papillon.
1932ref. 29081Seule épreuve signée connue par Man Ray [Paris, circa 1950]. 1 tirage sur carte, d'après-guerre, signé « Man Ray » à la mine de plombe en angle inférieur droit. L'épreuve est signée Man Ray à la mine de plomb en angle inférieur droit et contient au dos la mention, de la main de Char, «René Crevel».
1929ref. 2190S.l.n.e. (Bruxelles, Editions de la Revue Variétés, 1929). Un volume petit in-4 broché (30 x 22 cm), 28 pages sur 14 feuillets non paginés, couverture gris souris imprimé du titre "1929" sur le premier plat. Édition originale illustré de QUATRE PHOTOGRAPHIES PORNOGRAPHIQUE PAR MAN RAY titrées "Printemps , Été, Automne, Hiver" et contrecollées. La plaquette est divisée en deux semetres de l'année : les poèmes du premier semestre (janvier à juin) sont de Péret ceux du second (juillet à décembre) d'Aragon. Une particularité inhabituelle pour ce type de publication, les auteurs et le photographe ont nommément signé leurs œuvres. Exemplaire sur vélin de Montval numéroté au composteur (n° 211), conservé dans sa condition d'origine en excellent état (marge inférieure empoussiérée comme souvent). Photographies et informations supplémentaires sur demande. - — — ENGLISH: "1929". S.l.n.e. (Brussels, Editions de la Revue Variétés, 1929). A paperback 4vo volume (30 x 22 cm), 28 pages on 14 unpaginated sheets, gray soft cover printed with the title "1929" on the front. First edition illustrated with FOUR PORNOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHS BY MAN RAY titled "Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter" and sticked. The booklet is divided into two semesters of the year: the poems of the first semester (January to June) are from Péret those of the second (July to December) from Aragon. An unusual feature for this type of publication is the authors and the photographer have signed their works by name (printed). Our copy on Montval paper is numbered in the composter (no. 211), preserved in its original condition in excellent condition (lower margin dusty as often). Photographs and additional information on request.
1937ref. 1704521937. MAN RAY. Les Mains Libres. By Paul Eluard. 208 pp. with 66 reproductions of drawings by Man Ray. 4to 280 x 225 mm. bound in the original illustrated wrappers in a new slipcase with morocco backed chemise. Paris: Editions Jeanne Bucher 1937. A pristine copy of this celebrated collaboration between Man Ray and Paul Eluard inscribed by Man Ray to Souzouki. Man Ray had moved to Paris in 1921 and in the 1930s was one of André Breton's surrealist circles. Unlike most illustrated books where the pictures illustrate the text this book uses the poems to illustrate the drawings which are important documents of Man Ray's non-photographic output. One of 650 printed on Chester Vergé of a total edition of 675 copies. From Manet to Hockney 104. unknown books
1928ref. 01_0722An original vintage gelatin silver print framed of Schiaparelli Aspirin Necklace photographed by Man Ray for Elsa Triolet jewelry designer and companion to Louis Aragon French surrealist poet and one of the leading voices in the French surrealist movement. Titled in pencil on verso. Image measures 3 1/4" x 2 1/2" frame measures 15" x 12". Excellent condition. From 1928 to 1930 the Russian writer Elsa Triolet designed necklaces that her companion Louis Aragon co-founder of the surrealist magazine Littérature proposed to Elsa Schiaparelli. Man Ray photographed the most famous of these pieces the aspirin necklace composed of porcelain beads with a shape similar to that of aspirin tablets. Read more at: https://www.schiaparelli.com/en/21-place-vendome/schiaparelli-and-the-artists/elsa-triolet/schiaparelli-aspirin-necklace/ Price includes discount
1935ref. 4171Paris: GLM 1935 Quarto 24.5x18 cm. wrappers 201pp. loose as issued. No. 791 of 1000 copies on velin of 1220 overall. A very successful collaboration of poet and photographer with extraordinary sensuous photos of Eluards wife Nusch coupled with page design incorporating the poetry cycle therein. It is rightly acclaimed as one of the greatest surrealist publications. This is a fine crisp copy in custom clambshell box bearing hand-tooled leather spine. Paris: GLM paperback
1937ref. 1704521937. MAN RAY. Les Mains Libres. By Paul Eluard. 208 pp. with 66 reproductions of drawings by Man Ray. 4to 280 x 225 mm. bound in the original illustrated wrappers in a new slipcase with morocco backed chemise. Paris: Editions Jeanne Bucher 1937. A pristine copy of this celebrated collaboration between Man Ray and Paul Eluard inscribed by Man Ray to Souzouki. Man Ray had moved to Paris in 1921 and in the 1930s was one of André Breton's surrealist circles. Unlike most illustrated books where the pictures illustrate the text this book uses the poems to illustrate the drawings which are important documents of Man Ray's non-photographic output. One of 650 printed on Chester Vergé of a total edition of 675 copies. From Manet to Hockney 104. unknown
1934ref. 2198Hartford: James Thrall Soby 1934. First edition. Publisher's plastic comb binding stiff wrappers. Minor vertical crease to front cover light chipping to outer edge. Upper and lower portions of the front cover coming loose from the binding but the cover is still held firmly. Internally clean and bright. Now housed in a custom clamshell box. The very rare first issue. As Roth describes the publisher "attempted to generate demand where none existed by suggesting the edition had sold out. After replacing the title pages of these copies- presumably a healthy percentage of the run whose sales had in fact been slow to none- with one stating 'deuxième edition' second edition he returned them for sale. Copies with the original title page are exceedingly rare." Man Ray's first monograph with texts in English and French by Duchamp Tzara Eluard Breton and Man Ray himself. Frontispiece portrait of Man Ray by Picasso. Contains 104 heliogravure images. "Part art part illustration the book was meant to be an inventory of his work a kind of grand promotional catalogue. Man Ray's album was a virtuoso presentation of modern European-style photography. Close-up views distorted angles double exposures night photography negative prints rayographs still lifes nudes portraits fashion photographs and even a painting. were reproduced. Intended for an American more than a European audience the album was Man Ray's means of presenting his career to a homeland that had rarely seen his work." Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray pp. 35-39 Roth pp. 80-81. James Thrall Soby unknown books
1934ref. 2198Hartford: James Thrall Soby 1934. First edition. Publisher's plastic comb binding stiff wrappers. Minor vertical crease to front cover light chipping to outer edge. Upper and lower portions of the front cover coming loose from the binding but the cover is still held firmly. Internally clean and bright. Now housed in a custom clamshell box. The very rare first issue. As Roth describes the publisher "attempted to generate demand where none existed by suggesting the edition had sold out. After replacing the title pages of these copies- presumably a healthy percentage of the run whose sales had in fact been slow to none- with one stating 'deuxième edition' second edition he returned them for sale. Copies with the original title page are exceedingly rare." Man Ray's first monograph with texts in English and French by Duchamp Tzara Eluard Breton and Man Ray himself. Frontispiece portrait of Man Ray by Picasso. Contains 104 heliogravure images. "Part art part illustration the book was meant to be an inventory of his work a kind of grand promotional catalogue. Man Ray's album was a virtuoso presentation of modern European-style photography. Close-up views distorted angles double exposures night photography negative prints rayographs still lifes nudes portraits fashion photographs and even a painting. were reproduced. Intended for an American more than a European audience the album was Man Ray's means of presenting his career to a homeland that had rarely seen his work." Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray pp. 35-39 Roth pp. 80-81. James Thrall Soby unknown
1970ref. YQV-26Sérigraphie originale en noir (592 × 330 mm) sur plaque d’Altuglass (675 × 415 mm) ; signée « Man Ray » au burin sur la plaque, en bas à droite.
1934ref. 311706Hartford Connecticut; Paris; New York: James Thrall Soby; Cahiers d'Art; Random House 1934. First edition second issue with cancel title with fictitious "Deuxième édition" designation. 101 gravure plates after photographs by Man Ray. 1 vols. 4to. Original spiral-bound photographically illustrated wrappers. Spiral spine split some creasing to covers and light edgewear to textblock. Gift inscription on verso of front wrapper beneath Man Ray inscription. In a custom half black morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. First edition second issue with cancel title with fictitious "Deuxième édition" designation. 101 gravure plates after photographs by Man Ray. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed first edition of the definitive contemporary collection of Man Ray's photographs with 101 gravure reproductions of photographs and "rayographs" and essays by his contemporaries leading figures of the Dada and Surrealist movements of Paris and New York including Breton Eluard Duchamp written in German under the pseudonym "Rrose Selavy" and Tristan Tzara. With large inscription on the verso of the front wrapper "Man Ray / Paris - Jan 1959." A work almost always encountered in its second issue with the fictitious statement "Deuxième édition" on the title an attempt "to generate demand where none existed by suggesting the edition had sold out.Copies with the original title page are exceedingly rare" Roth. Beneath Man Ray's inscription is a gift inscription to Judy and Julius Rosenwald II. "Dooley" as he was known was the son of the celebrated collector Lessing Rosenwald and the grandson of Julius Rosenwald part owner of Sears Roebuck. Roth 101 p. 80 James Thrall Soby; Cahiers d'Art; Random House unknown books
1934ref. 311706Hartford Connecticut; Paris; New York: James Thrall Soby; Cahiers d'Art; Random House 1934. First edition second issue with cancel title with fictitious "Deuxième édition" designation. 101 gravure plates after photographs by Man Ray. 1 vols. 4to. Original spiral-bound photographically illustrated wrappers. Spiral spine split some creasing to covers and light edgewear to textblock. Gift inscription on verso of front wrapper beneath Man Ray inscription. In a custom half black morocco-backed slipcase and chemise. First edition second issue with cancel title with fictitious "Deuxième édition" designation. 101 gravure plates after photographs by Man Ray. 1 vols. 4to. Inscribed first edition of the definitive contemporary collection of Man Ray's photographs with 101 gravure reproductions of photographs and "rayographs" and essays by his contemporaries leading figures of the Dada and Surrealist movements of Paris and New York including Breton Eluard Duchamp written in German under the pseudonym "Rrose Selavy" and Tristan Tzara. With large inscription on the verso of the front wrapper "Man Ray / Paris - Jan 1959." A work almost always encountered in its second issue with the fictitious statement "Deuxième édition" on the title an attempt "to generate demand where none existed by suggesting the edition had sold out.Copies with the original title page are exceedingly rare" Roth. Beneath Man Ray's inscription is a gift inscription to Judy and Julius Rosenwald II. "Dooley" as he was known was the son of the celebrated collector Lessing Rosenwald and the grandson of Julius Rosenwald part owner of Sears Roebuck. Roth 101 p. 80 James Thrall Soby; Cahiers d'Art; Random House unknown
1929ref. 16016[Bruxelles], [Editions de la revue Variété], 1929. Un volume in-4 broché de [28] pages, couverture grège.
1937ref. 195165Paris: G.L.M. 1937. Inscribed by Man Ray to Surrealist muse Lise Deharme First and only edition presentation copy from the photographer inscribed on the title page to the Surrealist writer and muse Lise Deharme "A mon amie Lise affectueusement Man Ray Juin 1937". Though a successful writer in her own right collaborating with Joan Miró and Claude Cahun among others Deharme is best remembered as a Surrealist muse enchanting André Breton who contributed the foreword and posing as the Queen of Spades for Man Ray's image Lise Deharme en dame de pique. Described as Man Ray's "photographic swansong" this ironically titled little publication marked the turning point in the artist's life when he shifted his focus from photography to painting Parr & Badger. It is thought that during production the plate for one of the images "Plein-air artistique" was damaged and for many copies a reprint on a different paper stock was included. This copy has all 12 prints on the matching original paper stock. The die-cut outer wrapper was designed to function as a rudimentary frame for ease of viewing the images cropped to the edge as intended. Octavo. With 5 unnumbered letterpress leaves text one side only 12 heliograph plates after photographs by Man Ray. Sheets loose as issued in original blue wrappers front cover lettered in black. With the original die-cut black window wrapper. Blue wrapper faded through window; top edge of black outer wrapper slightly bumped: otherwise a near-fine copy. Parr & Badger p. 108. unknown
1934ref. 140948952Hartford CT: James Thrall Soby 1934. First Edition. Fine. A superlative example of the first edition first issue of May Ray's first monograph. 104 pp. with frontispiece portrait of Man Ray by Pablo Picasso the original title page and gravure plates after photographs by Man Ray with text in English and French. Bound in publisher's comb-bound pictorial card wraps. Light wear to wraps with faint marginal soiling to contents else Fine unusual in such nice condition and with spirals intact. Initial sales were so dismal that the publisher recalled most copies of the first printing and replaced the title page with two different fictitious ones claiming "second edition" and "deuxieme edition" in efforts to stoke demand. Copies like this one with the original title page are therefore rare. A fantastic copy of this pioneering work. James Thrall Soby unknown books
1934ref. 140948952Hartford CT: James Thrall Soby 1934. First Edition. Fine. A superlative example of the first edition first issue of May Ray's first monograph. 104 pp. with frontispiece portrait of Man Ray by Pablo Picasso the original title page and gravure plates after photographs by Man Ray with text in English and French. Bound in publisher's comb-bound pictorial card wraps. Light wear to wraps with faint marginal soiling to contents else Fine unusual in such nice condition and with spirals intact. Initial sales were so dismal that the publisher recalled most copies of the first printing and replaced the title page with two different fictitious ones claiming "second edition" and "deuxieme edition" in efforts to stoke demand. Copies like this one with the original title page are therefore rare. A fantastic copy of this pioneering work. James Thrall Soby unknown
1947ref. 91779Editions Cahier d'art | Paris 1947 | 18.50 x 24.50 cm | broché
