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Champs délicieux
Radnitzky, Emmanuel (Man Ray) & Tzara, Tristan
In 1922, a limited-edition album containing 12 photographs by Man Ray was published in Paris by a little-known printer, the Société Générale d’Imprimerie et d’Edition. The photographs presented in this exquisite album, titled Champs Délicieux, were deftly tipped onto high-quality artist paper, enclosed in an eye-popping red-orange cover and offered for sale by subscription for 200 French francs (just a little over $15). Notably, the album opened to a preface by Tristan Tzara, one of the central figures in the Dada movement. Man Ray and Tzara were neighbors and cohorts living in the same hotel at the time, and Tzara was a presence when Man Ray began making his first “Rayographs,” a cameraless photographic process he rediscovered and named after himself.The Rayograph compositions reproduced in Champs Délicieux were made with a variety of personal effects, including a comb, a gyroscope, a gun, a skeleton key, a pipe, a stemmed glass, and a kitchen grater.
Publicher
Société générale d'imprimerie et d'édition
Language
FR
Country
France
Edition Year
1922
Category
Books about photographers and exhibitions
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