"PERPETUAL MOTIF: THE ART OF MAN RAY". Collectif. Editions Abbeville Press, New York. 1988. Edition originale. Imprimé en Italie. Fort petit in-4, couverture toilée bordeaux sous jaquette photo. 348 pages. Textes en anglais de Merry Foresta, Stephen C. Foster, Billy Klüver, Julie Martin, Francis Naumann, Sandra S. Phillips, Roger Shattuck, Elizabeth Hutton Turner, illustré de 271 reproductions photographiques noir & blanc et couleurs, in-texte et hors texte, de travaux et portraits de Man Ray. Ouvrage réalisé dans le cadre de l'exposition éponyme itinérante au National Museum of American Art, Washington D.C., du 02 Décembre 1988 au 20 Février 1989 ; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, du 17 Mars au 28 Mai 1989 ; The Menil Collection, Houston, du 30 Juin au 17 Septembre 1989 ; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphie, du 14 Octobre 1989 au 07 Janvier 1990.

 

"Amid the exuberant chaos of the Paris art scene between the world wars, among the jarring factions of Dadaists, Surrealists, Futurists, and miscellaneous Others, Philadelphia-born Man Ray was universally admired and it seemed - stubbornly mysterious. Today, he looms large in the standard art histories as a figure of unmistakable importance. Yet few have seen more than a selection of his remarkable photographs or a handful of his enigmatic "objects." Indeed, surprisingly little of substance is known about this extraordinary and innovative creator of paintings, collages, drawings, films, aesthetic theory, and autobiography - as well as photographs and objects. For the first time, Perpetual Motif: The Art of Man Ray examines all aspects of the artist's production in all of its forms; and, for the first time, this book discusses Man Ray's multifarious connections with the artistic and political radicals of pre-World War I New York, the underground avant-garde as well as the haute monde of Paris between the wars, and the émigré society of Hollywood after World War II. Illustrated by nearly 300 of the artist's works in full color and duotone, many published for the first time, Perpetual Motif brings together a host of authors who have distinguished themselves as specialists in the many fields of Man Ray's endeavor…"

 

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