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1 of 12Study for Cover: Photographs by Man Ray, 1920-1934, 1933© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
2 of 12Kike de Montparnasse, c. 1925-1926© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
3 of 12Nude, c. 1930© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
4 of 12Apple and Screw, c. 1930© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
5 of 12Light Switch, c. 1930© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
6 of 12Andre Breton, c. 1930© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
7 of 12Beautiful as the accidental encounter, on a dissecting table, of a sewing machine and an umbrella, 1935© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
8 of 12Coco Chanel, 1935© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
9 of 12Untitled, Undated Contact Print© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
10 of 12Nude, Undated Contact Print© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
11 of 12Juliet, c. 1946© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London -
12 of 12Man Ray and Ava Gardner, 1950© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London
A rare collection of darkroom contact prints from Man Ray’s archive will be on display — for the first time ever — in an exhibition slated to run from February 21st through March 28th at Atlas Gallery in London.
Once belonging to Man Ray’s darkroom printer, Pierre Gassman, these prints reveal a subtlety that is often lost or overlooked in the prolific Surrealist’s work. Seen in their earliest, un-manipulated form, these still lifes and early examples of Man Ray’s portraiture evince a casual sensibility — a willingness to engage in trial and error — that feels, somehow, refreshingly at odds with the American-born modernist’s more widely known, finished works.
A central figure in both the Dada and Surrealist movements, Man Ray (born Emmanuel Radnitzky in 1890 in Philadelphia) created portraits of his contemporaries — often hugely influential cultural figures — including James Joyce, Picasso, Ava Gardner and Coco Chanel. Some of those portraits will be on display, publicly, for the first time at the Atlas show.
Man Ray: Contacts is on display at Atlas Gallery in London through March 28th.
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