Name: MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Brand: Magnolia Blossom, 1925
Price: 15000.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

MAN RAY (1890–1976)
Magnolia Blossom, 1925
gelatin silver print, printed probably 1930s
signed, titled and inscribed by the artist to Imogen Cunningham in ink (verso)
image/sheet: 6¹⁄₂ x 7 in. (16.5 x 17.7 cm.)

Gifted by the artist to Imogen Cunningham, 1964;
The Imogen Cunningham Trust, Berkeley;
John Stevenson Gallery, New York;
acquired from the above by the present owner, 2005.

Man Ray, Photographs by Man Ray 1920-1934, James Thrall Soby, Hartford/Random House, New York, 1934, n.p. (variant).
Exhibition catalogue, Man Ray L’Immagine Fotografica, Edizioni La Biennale Di Venezia, Venezia, 1977, pl. 121.
Man Ray, Photographies de Man Ray, Tokyo Shimbun, Tokyo, 2002, pl. 192, p. 131.

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My dear Imogen,

Aside from being prejudiced in your favor since you included my portrait in your monograph (Aperture), your work, so extremely personal and therefor so universal, conveyed to me an emotion I haven't felt in most books of photographers. It is not merely photography, it coincides with my aim to choose the subject, to me more important than any task imposed upon me when I practised photography professionally.

It is curious that at the same time you did your studies of magnolias, I made this print (1925).

With best wishes and thanks,
Man Ray