MAN RAY. - Lot 203

MAN RAY. Photography Upside Down. Exhibition catalog for the exhibition held at the National Museum of Modern Art / Centre Georges-Pompidou at the Grand Palais, Paris, from April 29 to June 29, 1998. Paris, Centre Georges-Pompidou, 1998. Large in-4 format, paperback, illustrated cover. Catalog published on the occasion of the major retrospective dedicated to Man Ray (1890–1976), one of the most significant exhibitions organized in France on his photographic work. The book offers a clear and richly illustrated overview of the photographer’s career, from his early Dadaist experiments to his rayographs, solarizations, portraits, nudes, still lifes, and fashion photographs, which profoundly transformed the history of 20th-century photography. Designed as an exhibition catalog, it brings together Man Ray’s iconic works accompanied by concise descriptions, offering an excellent overview of his visual universe, where technical innovation, surrealism, and the poetry of the object intertwine. It serves as a particularly successful introduction to the photographic work of the American artist based in Paris. Condition: very good copy.