![René Char, ca 1930 -by Man Ray [+]
La lumière a un âge. La nuit n’en a pas.Mais quel fut l’instant de cette source entière?— René Char, in ‘La Bibliothèque est en feu’ (Louis Broder, 1956)
from CP](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3y0xaloAL1qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
![The actress Wanda Vangen, 1929 -by Man Ray [+]
from grisebach](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m36h5bh1pN1qcl8ymo1_1280.jpg)
![Paul Éluard and Valentine Hugo, ca 1935 -by Man Ray [+]
from IPC](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz49fuVSb91qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
![Benjamin Fondane, 1928 -by Man Ray [+]
Frontispiece Portrait from: Benjamin Fondane. ‘3 scenarii - 3 cinépoèmes’ [paupières mûres - barre fixe - mtasipoj] (les documents internationaux de l’esprit nouveau, 1928)
from beinecke](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltw8hl8HsN1qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
![Man Ray in front of a portrait of Kiki de Montparnasse taken in the 1930s, Paris, 1954 -by Michel Sima [+]
from: Pierre Daix, ‘Paris des Arts - 1930-1950’, Édition de RMN et du Grand Palais, 2011](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzytf4vjjc1qcl8ymo1_1280.jpg)
Man Ray in front of a portrait of Kiki de Montparnasse taken in the 1930s, Paris, 1954 -by Michel Sima [+]
from: Pierre Daix, ‘Paris des Arts - 1930-1950’, Édition de RMN et du Grand Palais, 2011
Jean Wiener, Paris, 1926 -by Man Ray
ref.: Jean Wiener, ‘Allegro appassionato’ (P. Belfond, 1978)
from CP
Man Ray et Jean Wiener parlent d’Erik Satie.
![Erik Satie, Paris 1922 -by Man Ray
On their first encounter, Man Ray described Erik Satie as “a strange, voluble little man in his fifties […] who looked like an undertaker or an employee of some conservative bank”. But he also said of him that he was “le seul musicien qui avait des yeux”
from CP](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyft8ajLp71qcl8ymo1_500.jpg)
Erik Satie, Paris 1922 -by Man Ray
On their first encounter, Man Ray described Erik Satie as “a strange, voluble little man in his fifties […] who looked like an undertaker or an employee of some conservative bank”. But he also said of him that he was “le seul musicien qui avait des yeux”
from CP
Man Ray at home, 2bis rue Férou, Paris, 1961 -by René Basset
from millon
Marcel Duchamp derrière son oeuvre La Bagarre d’Austerlitz (1921), 1935-1936 -by Man Ray
from CP
![Au Cabaret du Ciel, Paris, 1927 -by Man Ray
The cabaret scene shown in the current lot was intended for reproduction in Variétés, a Belgian publication dedicated to Surrealism. Depicted are among the leading thinkers, writers and artists who reflected the Surrealist spirit in their work. These include, standing: Hans Arp, Jean Caupenne, Georges Sadoul, André Breton, Pierre Unik, Yves Tanguy, Cora, André Thirion (shown from behind, facing Cora), René Crevel, Suzanne Musard, and Frédéric Mégret (shown with cigarette).Seated at the front of the table are Elsa Triolet, Louis Aragon, Camille Goëmans, and Madame Goëmans.The unidentified costumed figures were all employees of the cabaret at the time.[from Phillips de Pury catalogue]
from PdP](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrafd3U0uW1qcl8ymo1_1280.jpg)
Au Cabaret du Ciel, Paris, 1927 -by Man Ray
The cabaret scene shown in the current lot was intended for reproduction in Variétés, a Belgian publication dedicated to Surrealism. Depicted are among the leading thinkers, writers and artists who reflected the Surrealist spirit in their work. These include, standing: Hans Arp, Jean Caupenne, Georges Sadoul, André Breton, Pierre Unik, Yves Tanguy, Cora, André Thirion (shown from behind, facing Cora), René Crevel, Suzanne Musard, and Frédéric Mégret (shown with cigarette).
Seated at the front of the table are Elsa Triolet, Louis Aragon, Camille Goëmans, and Madame Goëmans.
The unidentified costumed figures were all employees of the cabaret at the time.
[from Phillips de Pury catalogue]
from PdP
![Man Ray, Paris, 1970 -by Arnold Crane [+] [+]
Again… Thanks EGyB and burnedshoes for the links!
from Zeit Online [Exhibition ‘Arnold Crane’ from 16 July to 3 Sept. 2011 at Camera Work]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_loeogcMdWZ1qcl8ymo1_r1_1280.jpg)
Man Ray, Paris, 1970 -by Arnold Crane [+] [+]
Again… Thanks EGyB and burnedshoes for the links!
from Zeit Online [Exhibition ‘Arnold Crane’ from 16 July to 3 Sept. 2011 at Camera Work]
