Man Ray
Le Violon d’Ingres
1923
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Man Ray
Le Violon d’Ingres
1923
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print coated with pigmented varnish, Image/Sheet: 179 x 138 mm. (7 1/16 x 5 7/16 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
1988.435
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift/purchase, 1988; George Dalsheimer; purchased from Pace-MacGill Gallery, 1986; Magnum Photo; private collection; the artist
Whitney Museum of American Art, "Master American Photographers," 29 January - 8 April, 1987
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray," 19 March - 28 May 1989; Houston, Menil Collection, 30 June - 17 September 1989; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 14 October 1989 - 7 January 1990
Jan Howard, BMA, "A Century of American Photography: A Decade of BMA Acquisitions," 22 October 1997 - 11 January 1998
Jan Howard, BMA, "Surrealist Art from the BMA's Collection," 31 March - 20 June 1999.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
"Man Ray - Human Equations: A Journey from Mathematics to Shakespeare", The Phillips Collection, February 7-May 10, 2015, ill. fig. 166, p. 179; Co-organized by The Israel Museum, May 2015-January 2016. BMA loans at Phillips only.
Andaleeb Banta and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Shapeshifting: Transformations on Paper," May 8 - October 2, 2022.
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray," 19 March - 28 May 1989; Houston, Menil Collection, 30 June - 17 September 1989; Philadelphia Museum of Art, 14 October 1989 - 7 January 1990
Jan Howard, BMA, "A Century of American Photography: A Decade of BMA Acquisitions," 22 October 1997 - 11 January 1998
Jan Howard, BMA, "Surrealist Art from the BMA's Collection," 31 March - 20 June 1999.
Rena Hoisington, BMA, "Looking through the Lens: Photography 1900-1960," 16 March - 8 June 2008.
"Man Ray - Human Equations: A Journey from Mathematics to Shakespeare", The Phillips Collection, February 7-May 10, 2015, ill. fig. 166, p. 179; Co-organized by The Israel Museum, May 2015-January 2016. BMA loans at Phillips only.
Andaleeb Banta and Leslie Cozzi, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Shapeshifting: Transformations on Paper," May 8 - October 2, 2022.
Wendy Grossman and Edouard Sebline (eds), "Man Ray Human Equations", Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2015, pp. 178-179, ill.166 and p. 226.
Taylor, Michael R. Man Ray: The Paris Years. (Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2021), fig 50 p 141
Inscribed: Recto: in negative, at lower right: "Man / Ray" Verso: None
Markings: None
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