Man Ray
Untitled
1925
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Man Ray
Untitled
1925
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Image/Sheet: 203 x 145 mm. (8 x 5 11/16 in.)
Mount: 295 x 223 mm. (11 5/8 x 8 3/4 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
1988.427
Baule portrait mask of a woman from the Ivory Coast (made for the tourist trade, not ceremonial use). The same mask appears in "Noire et Blanche (Black and White)," 1926 (BMA 1988.422).
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase/gift, 1988; George Dalsheimer, Baltimore; Prakapas Gallery, New York, October 24, 1981.
International Arts and Artists, "Man Ray: African Art and the Modernist Lens" circulated to the Phillips Collection, Oct. 10 - January 10, 2010, cat no 96.
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, "Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray," March 19, 1989-January, 7, 1990.
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC, "Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray," March 19, 1989-January, 7, 1990.
Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais and Alain Sayag eds., Man Ray Photography and Its Double, Madera, CA: Ginko Press, 1998, ill., p. 174.
Wendy A. Grossman, "Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens," Washington, DC: International Arts & Artists, 2009, fig. 96 ill.
Taylor, Michael R. Man Ray: The Paris Years. Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2021, p. 139
Inscribed: on mount, lower right in graphite: "Man Ray / Paris";on mount, upper left verso in graphite: "8 [circled]"; on mount, lower left verso in graphite: "MR5"
Markings: Verso: stamped at center, in black ink: "MAN RAY / 31 bis, RUE / CAMPAGNE / PREMIÈRE / PARIS XIVe"; stamped at lower center, in black ink: "Reproduction interdite / sans autorisation écrite / de l'ADAGP / 9 et 11, rue Barryer / PARIS-8e / 924-03-87"
