Man Ray (1890-1976)

Portfolio with 12 silver prints from rayographs made between 1921 and 1928, printed 1963, edited by Schubert and Kapitzki, Stuttgart, in an edition of 20. The prints individually mounted on card. Each dated in pencil on the card recto and verso. Signed and numbered '5/20' on an accompanying text sheet. Plus two silver prints made at the same time but not belonging to the portfolio, mounted on card, one dated in pencil on the card recto and verso.
In the original cardboard wrap box with dust jacket.

From Man Ray to Anton Stankowski to the present owner.

Erfurt Kunsthalle 2007.

Kunsthalle Erfurt 2007 pp. 260-265.

The cover dust jacket torn and with a stain. The title pages with a slight fold. All prints in excellent condition. Occasional retouching visible in raking light.
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When Man Ray came to Stuttgart in 1963 to produce the Rayographs portfolio with Peter Schubert, he met the photographer and graphic designer Anton Stankowski, and the two artists became friends. According to the Stankowski Foundation, the copy offered here was a gift to Stankowski from Man Ray who himself added two more prints (illustrated on this page).
The portfolio was exhibited in 2007 in the Kunsthalle Erfurt.