Man Ray / ÉLECTRICITÉ Signed 1st Edition 1931

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Man Ray / ÉLECTRICITÉ Signed 1st Edition 1931:
$60375.00

ÉLECTRICITÉ. DIX RAYOGRAMMES DE MAN RAY ET UN TEXTE DE PIERRE BOST

Author: Man Ray
Title: ÉLECTRICITÉ. DIX RAYOGRAMMES DE MAN RAY ET UN TEXTE DE PIERRE BOST
Publication: Paris: Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Électricité, 1931
Edition: First edition

Description: Ray, Man. Folio, two unbound folded sheets to make [6] pp. text, with 10 photogravure plates 8 1/16 x 10 1/4 inches [20.48 x [26.03 cm] tipped to a stiff art paper mount 10 7/8 x14 3/4 inches [27.62 x 37.46] each with a titled protective vellum wrapper. The text and prints are laid-in a blank vellum folder, which is mildly creased, and laid-in the four-point printed paper portfolio. This copy has the complimentary slip from the CPDE, which is seldom included.
Each plate bears the signature of Man Ray, which was signed in the original negative. This is copy number 409 from a total edition of 500 copies. A fine, near new copy.

Aside from a slight bit of toning to the printed four-point paper folder, this is a fine, near new copy contained in a custom-made gilt titled leather-backed cloth over boards chemise with matching cloth slipcase.

In 1931, the Paris electric company, CPDE, commissioned Man Ray to produce a series of images promoting the various uses of electricity. The resulting portfolio of ten Rayogrammes was issued in 500 copies, which were distributed to the CPDE's best and prospective clients, and not commercially offered for sale. The photogravure prints made from original Rayograms are titled: Electricité, La Ville, Salle de Bain, La Maison, Lingerie, Salle a Manger, Cuisine, Le Souffle, Electricité, Le Monde.

In 2014, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Curator in Charge, Department of Photographs, Jeff R. Rosenheim, stated: "This remarkably seductive album of photogravures is an exquisite example of his legacy as America's greatest Surrealist photographer..." "Man Ray's ÉLECTRICITÉ is not only one of the most ravishing and sought-after of company photobooks, but it contains a cogent suite of photographs that the leading American Dadaist and commercial photographer himself never bettered." Parr and Badger, The Photobook: A History. Volume II, p.183.

Seller ID: 54654

Subject: ARTISTS' BOOKS

With both undergraduate and graduate degrees in photography with an emphasis in photographic book production, in 1976, it was an easy leap for me to open a book business concerned with all aspects of photography, from the artistic to the technical manuals of the nineteenth century.

Having conducted business in Brooklyn Heights, Philadelphia and almost 30 years in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, I returned to the place of my youth, Akron, Ohio, where my extensive inventory may be seen by appointment. -- Andrew Cahan, ABAA, since 1985.

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