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Man Ray
(Emmanuel Rudnitzky, 1890-1976)Rayographs

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Fotografie des 19. – 21. Jahrhunderts (Katalog nur online verfügbar)
Auktionsdatum 29.11.2025

Rayographs. 1921-1923. 3 gelatin silver prints on Agfa paper, printed 1978. Each circa 29,5 x 22,5 cm (43 x 34 cm). Each with Griffelkunst edition stamp, Man Ray’s signature stamp and rayograph stamp, as well as signed and dated in pencil by the estate executor on the verso; each print mounted along upper edge to gray board, Griffelkunst stamp on mount verso.

Man Ray created his “rayographs” without a camera, placing everyday objects - such as thumbtacks, wire, and circular forms - directly onto photosensitized paper and exposing them to light. While he had previously photographed ordinary items, these unique, otherworldly images elevated his status to that of one of the leading avant-garde artists of his time. Oscillating between abstraction and representation, the rayographs introduced a radically new visual language that anticipated the dreamlike visions of the Surrealist writers and painters, who soon embraced him. – Rich tonal prints in near excellent condition.

Lit.: Jean-Hubert Martin, ed. Man Ray: Photographs. London: Thames and Hudson, 1991, ill. pp. 140–141.