Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
Ostrich Egg

Ostrich Egg

© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris

Ostrich Egg
Ostrich Egg
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Ostrich Egg
Date1930
PlaceParis, France
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. (29.8 × 23.8 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/4 × 9 3/8 in. (29.8 × 23.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Lucile Bowden Johnson in honor of Frances G. McLanahan and Alexander K. McLanahan
Object number82.2
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; William N. Copley, Los Angeles; [Parke Bernet and Co., New York, November 5, 1981, sale 4298]; Mr. Will Faller; [Zabriskie Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 1982.
Exhibition History"Evocative Presence: Twentieth Century Photographs in the Museum Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, February 27–May 1, 1988.

"The Glass Canvas," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 10, 1996–February 23, 1997.

"The Surreal House," Barbican Centre, London, June 10–September 19, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil, recto, lower left: Man Ray
[No verso inscriptions]
Signed in pencil, recto, lower left: Man Ray

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