Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
Les Invendables

Les Invendables

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

Les Invendables
Les Invendables
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Les Invendables
Date1969
PlaceParis, France
MediumLetterpress book and gelatin silver print with label on sandpaper
DimensionsOverall (Book): 11 3/16 × 9 × 3/16 in. (28.4 × 22.9 × 0.5 cm)
Overall (Image mounted on sandpaper): 9 5/8 × 6 15/16 in. (24.5 × 17.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Alvin S. Romansky
Object number91.1582
Current Location
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building
Gallery 208
On view

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Department
Photography
Description

Man Ray’s preface to the book Les Invendables (The Unsellables) is a knowing tease to all artists. He writes, “Unsellable.” “Why? Because the name is the only thing for sale. Without the signature the picture is worthless. You must take them both.”


Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed in pencil on verso of book's last page: "12/50 Man Ray" and in image, lower left: "12/50", lower right: "Man Ray".

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