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
Man Ray
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
Emmanuelle de l'Ecotais and Alain Sayag, eds. Man Ray: Photography and Its Double. Corte Madera, CA: Gingko Press, 1998. repr. p. 145 (with date of 1932)
Inscribed: None
Markings: Verso: at center, stamped in black: "MAN RAY / 31bis RUE / CAMPAGNE / PREMIERE / PARIS XIVe"
