Man Ray

MAN RAY (Philadelphia, USA, 1890 - Paris, 1976).
"Telephone."
Etching and aquatint engraving, copy 94/100.
Signed in plate. Justified by hand.
With dry stamp.
Measurements: 36,5 x 25 cm (footprint); 50,5 x 33,5 cm (paper); 53,5 x 36,5 cm (frame).

The telephone in Man Ray's work is not just any object: he turns it into something strange, almost disturbing, to question how we see everyday objects. His most famous work with this theme is "Le Violon d'Ingres" and above all "Object (Telephone)", also known as "Telephone-lobster" (although the latter is more directly associated with Dalí, within the same surrealist circle). In the case of Man Ray, the telephone appears within that surrealist logic of transforming the commonplace into something unexpected.

Visionary artist, master of experimental photography, painter, filmmaker, poet, essayist, philosopher, and a leader of American modernism, recognized for representing under his unique point of view, the vibrant French cultural scene. Man Ray began training in drawing with Robert Henri at the Ferrer Center, while, at the same time, he regularly attended Alfred Stieglitz's gallery 291. Influenced by Stieglitz's photographs, his works embraced unusual subject matter in an unabashed manner. His skills in art led him to experiment in the field of fine art, working in a cubist style, which evolved into an abstract tendency. Ray also experimented with various techniques in the process of execution and photographic development, such as the so-called Sabatier effect, or solarization, providing a silver and ghostly effect to the image, as well as rayograms.Man Ray exhibited his art in galleries in New York, London, Paris, among other cities. His innovative works can be found in museums around the world, as well as in private collections, and he is remembered for his artistic ingenuity and originality.