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INVENTORY OF THE MAN RAY LETTERS AND ALBUM,
1922-1976
930027
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Title: Man Ray letters and album
Date (inclusive): 1922-1976
Collection number: 930027
Creator:
Man Ray, 1890-1976
Extent:
2.5 linear feet
(5
boxes)
Repository:
Getty Research Institute
Research Library
Special Collections and Visual Resources
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90049-1688
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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material in English,
and French
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Man Ray letters and album, 1922-1976, Getty Research Institute,
Research Library, Accession no. 930027.
Acquired in 1993.
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.
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.
Arrangement
Organized in three series:
Series I. Letters from Man Ray;
Series II. Letters to Man Ray;
Series III. Hollywood album.