Man Ray
Primacy of Matter over Thought
1928
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Man Ray
Primacy of Matter over Thought
1928
Physical Qualities
Solarized gelatin silver print, cut out, Image: 76 x 116 mm. (3 x 4 9/16 in.)
Mount: 204 x 267 mm. (8 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer, Baltimore
Object Number
1988.432
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift/purchase, 1988; George Dalsheimer, Baltimore, 1985; purchased from Pace/MacGill (2/27/85); private collection, Paris; the artist
Washington DC, Corcoran Gallery of Art, "L'Amour Fou: Photography and Surrealism," September 14 - November 17, 1985, plus travel: San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, December 13, 1985 - February 16, 1986; Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, April 15 - June 16, 1986; and London, Hayward Gallery, July 10 - October 3, 1986.
Jan Howard, BMA, "The Collector's Eye: Photographs from the Museum's Dalsheimer Collection," 17 September - 19 November, 1989.
Berkeley, University Art Museum, "Anxious Visions--Surrealist Art," October 3, 1990 - January 6, 1991.
Jan Howard, BMA, "Surrealist Art from the BMA's Collection," 31 March - 20 June 1999.
Mason Klein, "Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention," The Jewish Museum, New York 15 November 2009 - 14 March 2010, p.83, fig. 81.
Jan Howard, BMA, "The Collector's Eye: Photographs from the Museum's Dalsheimer Collection," 17 September - 19 November, 1989.
Berkeley, University Art Museum, "Anxious Visions--Surrealist Art," October 3, 1990 - January 6, 1991.
Jan Howard, BMA, "Surrealist Art from the BMA's Collection," 31 March - 20 June 1999.
Mason Klein, "Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention," The Jewish Museum, New York 15 November 2009 - 14 March 2010, p.83, fig. 81.
Cheroux, Clement, "Man Ray: Portraits Paris - Hollywood - Paris" (Paris, Centre Pompidou, 2010), ill. 37
Martin, Jean-Hubert, "Man Ray Photographs," London: Thames & Hudson, 1982, fig. 7 p. 16.
Klein, Mason, "Alias Man Ray: The Art of Reinvention," New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009, ill. p. 83.
Hacking, Juliet, "Photography; The Whole Story," New York: Prestel, 2012, ill. p. 232.
Arturo Schwarz, "Man Ray: The Rigour of Imagination" (New York: Rizzoli, 1977), ill. 447, p. 268
Inscribed: None
Markings: Verso: at center, stamped in black: "MAN RAY / 31bis RUE / CAMPAGNE / PREMIERE / PARIS XIVe"
