Man Ray

Torso

About this artwork

In the 1920s Man Ray concentrated on photography at the expense of painting. In 1929 the 22-year-old Lee Miller turned up at his door and announced that she was his new student. Man Ray began to devote more time to painting from that moment, taking a separate painting studio where he usually worked in the mornings. He made a series of automatic paintings there, sometimes squeezing the paint directly onto specially prepared silvered panels.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
    Man Ray (1890 - 1976) American
  • title:
    Torso
  • date created:
    1929
  • materials:
    Oil (and gouache?) on gold coloured paper, laid on canvas
  • measurements:
    45.90 x 38.00 cm; Framed: 62.10 x 54.50 x 12.00 cm / 11.00 kg
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Antony Penrose
  • accession number:
    GML 2029
  • gallery:
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Man Ray

Man Ray