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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections
Title: Man Ray letters and album
Creator:
Man Ray, 1890-1976
Identifier/Call Number: 930027
Physical Description:
2.5 Linear Feet
(5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1922-1976
Abstract: A significant ensemble of letters and writings by or addressed to Man Ray and collected by his sister Elsie Ray Siegler and
her daughter Naomi Savage. The letters provide a rich chronicle of Man Ray's personal and professional life from 1922 to 1976.
Letters to Man Ray are from Dada and surrealist artists and authors, and document the dynamic artistic and literary scenes
of the immediate pre- and post-World War II period in the United States. An album of Man Ray's predominately handwritten manuscripts
supplements the letters.
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Language of Material: Collection material is in English and French.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Man Ray Letters and Album consists of a significant ensemble of letters and writings by or addressed to Man Ray, collected
and safeguarded by his sister Elsie Ray Siegler and her daughter Naomi Savage. The letters from Man Ray are addressed to Siegler
and Savage and provide a rich chronicle of his personal and professional life from 1922-1976. Letters to Man Ray are from
celebrated Dada and Surrealist artists and authors, and document the dynamic artistic and literary scenes of the immediate
pre-and post-World War II period in the United States. An album of predominately handwritten manuscripts supplements the letters
by offering Man Ray's thoughts on a range of artistic issues.
Organized in three series: Series I. Letters from Man Ray; Series II. Letters to Man Ray; Series III. Hollywood album.
American-born photographer, painter, and sculptor who played a key role in the Surrealist and Dada movements. He lived and
worked in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, in Los Angeles in the 1940s, and Paris again until his death in 1976.
Acquired in 1993.
Man Ray letters and album, 1922-1976, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 930027.
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa930027
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