--- description: 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. title: Rare Contact Prints from Man Ray’s Archive image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte400a5c5922b1fa5/6987a388f887dcdfd4e8c965/01-study-for-coverphotographs-by-man-ray-1920-193419331.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [LightBox](/tag/time-section-lightbox/) ## LightBox Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rare Contact Prints from Man Ray's Archive by [Bridget Harris](/author/bridget-harris/) ## Bridget Harris Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 27, 2013 7:48 PM CUT  Study for Cover: Photographs by Man Ray, 1920-1934, 1933 Study for Cover: Photographs by Man Ray, 1920-1934, 1933© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London by [Bridget Harris](/author/bridget-harris/) ## Bridget Harris Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 27, 2013 7:48 PM CUT 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](http://www.atlasgallery.com/atlas.php "undefined"). 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_](http://www.atlasgallery.com/atlas.php "undefined") _through March 28th._ ---  Study for Cover: Photographs by Man Ray, 1920-1934, 1933 © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Kike de Montparnasse, c. 1925-1926 © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Nude, c. 1930 © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Apple and Screw, c. 1930 © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Light Switch, c. 1930 © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Andre Breton, c. 1930 © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Beautiful 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  Coco Chanel, 1935 © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Untitled, Undated Contact Print © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Nude, Undated Contact Print © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Juliet, c. 1946 © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London  Man Ray and Ava Gardner, 1950 © The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3797253/rare-contact-prints-from-man-rays-archive/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3797253/rare-contact-prints-from-man-rays-archive/"},"headline":"Rare Contact Prints from Man Ray's Archive","datePublished":"2013-02-27T19:48:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:40:52.007Z","description":"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.","url":"https://time.com/3797253/rare-contact-prints-from-man-rays-archive/","keywords":["LightBox","london","Out There"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte400a5c5922b1fa5/6987a388f887dcdfd4e8c965/01-study-for-coverphotographs-by-man-ray-1920-193419331.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bridget Harris","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/bridget-harris/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte400a5c5922b1fa5/6987a388f887dcdfd4e8c965/01-study-for-coverphotographs-by-man-ray-1920-193419331.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"01-study-for-coverphotographs-by-man-ray-1920-193419331.jpg","caption":"Study for Cover: Photographs by Man Ray, 1920-1934, 1933","creditText":"© The Man Ray Trust / ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-lightbox/","name":"LightBox"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3797253/rare-contact-prints-from-man-rays-archive/","name":"Rare Contact Prints from Man Ray's Archive"}}]}] ```