Juan Gris (Primary Title)

Man Ray, American, 1890 - 1976 (Artist)

1922
American
Photographs
Works On Paper
Gelatin silver print
Image: 4 3/4 × 3 13/16 in. (12.07 × 9.68 cm)
Sheet: 9 7/16 × 7 1/16 in. (23.97 × 17.94 cm)
2018.357
Not on view
Label affixed to mat verso: " '2. Juan Gris, 1922/ In the early days Gertrude Stein brought Juan Gris to my studio./ He came prepared to be photographed with a high white stiff/ collar, as if for a family portrait'." Photographer's studio stamp (Posthumous stamp) in black ink: "Man/ Ray/ 31 ^bis, Rue Campagne/ Première/ Paris XIV". (M#28- check Text Entry notes for stamp details)
Inscribed in photographer's hand in graphite on print verso: "Gris". Inscribed in graphite in lower left corner print verso: [encircled] "TB". Inscribed in black ink on mat verso: "#7". Inscribed in black permanent marker on mat verso: "#6". Inscribed in black ink on print verso: " 1/8" UF3 plexiglass installed 5/9/90".
Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment

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