Rayograph (Tanja Ramm)
Artist
Man Ray
(American, 1890-1976)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1930
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall, Image: 11 1/2 × 9 in. (29.2 × 22.9 cm)
Overall, Support: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
Overall, Support: 24 × 20 in. (61 × 50.8 cm)
InscribedThe print is signed by Man Ray with his credit stamp "Man Ray 31bis, Rue Campagne Première..." on the verso. Signed in pencil on mount recto [NY-MR-1416]
Credit LineMuseum purchase, in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank, and gift of Tom and Selina Stokes, Leah and Richard Waitzer, Richard and Carolyn Barry, David and Susan Goode, Peter and Penny Meredith, Renée and Paul Mansheim, Oriana and Arnold McKinnon, Jan and Larry Goldrich, Arthur and Renée Diamonstein, Linda H. Kaufman, Dan and Mary Ellen Dechert, Nancy and Mal Branch, Bob and Judy Rubin, Lemuel and Sandra Lewis, Kay and Al Abiouness, Kathy and Bob Carter, Richard and Joan B. Miller, by exchange Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number2006.17
Not on view
DescriptionThis is gelatin silver print and photogram of a portrait of a woman. The view of the woman is up close and there is a floral or some kind of design on her left shoulder.Label TextMan Ray American, 1890–1976 Rayograph (Tanja Ramm), ca. 1930 Gelatin silver print (photograph and contact print) Museum purchase, gift of Tom and Selina Stokes, Leah and Richard Waitzer, Richard and Carolyn Barry, David and Susan Goode, Peter and Penny Meredith, Renée and Paul Mansheim, Oriana and Arnold McKinnon, Jan and Larry Goldrich, Arthur and Renée Diamonstein, Linda H. Kaufman, Dan and Mary Ellen Dechert, Nancy and Mal Branch, Bob and Judy Rubin, Lemuel and Sandra Lewis, Kay and Al Abiouness, Kathy and Bob Carter, Richard and Joan B. Miller, by exchange Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., and in memory of Alice R. and Sol B. Frank 2006.17 ProvenanceDiscovered in a house in south west France, 1997. To Christie's, London, England. Purchased by New York art dealer Edwynn Houk, New York, NY, May 17th, 2006. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, November 2006. Exhibition History"The World of Photography," Alice R. and Frank B. Sol Photography Galleries, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, June 20, 2007 - May 25, 2008. "Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris," The Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, September 10, 2009 - January 3, 2010; International Center of Photography, New York, NY, January 29 - May 9, 2010; the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, June 10 - October 10, 2010. "Photographic Histories," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, May 10 - August 17, 2014. "Man Ray: The Paris Years," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, October 30, 2021 – February 21, 2022 Published ReferencesChristie's, _Photographs_, sale 7226, auction cat., May 17, 2006, London, England, Lot 16. A print of this photograph
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