Untitled ("les mots de tes poèmes font des lignes de mes desires")

Man Ray (American, 1890–1976)

1936

Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print, ferrotyped

DimensionsSheet: 18 x 23.5 cm (7 1/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Credit LineGift of Azita Bina and Elmar W. Seibel in honor of Clifford S. Ackley

Accession number1999.734

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InscriptionsInscribed around photograph in red ink starting on left side: A mon cher Paul [Eluard] -- les mots de tes poèmes sont des lignes de mes desires / Man Ray 1936. Inscribed on screen, l.ctr.: Sur un poeme de Paul Eluard Man Ray 1935 Verso, inscribed in pencil, u.r.: Man Ray ProvenancePaul Eluard; Private collection, Massachussets, 1984; Azita Bina and Elmar Seibel, Boston; gift December 1999.
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