Man Ray's Paris Portraits: 1921-39.
Baum, Timothy.
Place Published: Washington DC:
Publisher: Middendorf Gallery Publications,
Date Published: 1989.
Description: STATED FIRST EDITION. 140 pages with text and 74 black and white photograhs. The trade paperback book, in illustrated wrapper, is NEAR FINE with minor wear on edges and small indention in cover on lower front edge. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor....and other curious subjects. The first page reads: Cachet, as that which differentiates the specialty of one master's work or product from any and all of the others. In the early 1920s in Paris, one learned quickly that if you were to have your portrait made, you would be wasting your time unless you gained yourself a sitting with the only resident master of this presitgious art: Man Ray. People flocked to him accordingly........By the end of 1921, Man had become an integral member of the Paris Dada group. He was the only American to fit snugly into its mischievous midst, and nimbly did he become one of its most enterprising participants. Within a few months of his arrival, a one man show of his work was mounted at the Librairie Six gallery-bookshop, owned by a brother Dadaist, Philippe Soupault, and his wife, Mike. The exhibition evoked great enthusiasm within the Dada ranks, but not a single work was sold.
Edition: First editionBinding: Trade Paperback
Condition: Near Fine
ISBN: 0962189308
Book Id: 18046
Price: $55.00
