Paul Eluard
Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky)
American, 1890–1976
1935
A 1935 gelatin silver print by Man Ray presenting an intense, close-up portrait that seeks to reveal the sitter’s inner life through cinematic lighting and tight cropping.
The face fills the frame, its smooth skin and a luminous eye carved from shadow and light so that the gaze feels both immediate and privately withdrawn.
This work illustrates Man Ray’s modernist reinvention of portraiture—using dramatic light, unconventional framing, and the material qualities of the gelatin silver print to turn a likeness into a psychological study that influenced 20th‑century photography.
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
6 3/4 × 5 1/8" (17.3 × 13 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Barr, Jr.
Accession
58.1976
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