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MAN RAY (pseud. RADNITZKY, Emmanuel); BRETON, André (foreword).

La Photographie n'est pas L'Art.

La Photographie n'est pas L'Art.

12 photographies Avant-propos de André Breton.

Stock Code 115179

[Paris], GLM [Guy Lévis Mano], 1937

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Inscribed 'and Art is not photography!' by Man Ray. La Photographie n'est pas L'Art contains twelve of Man Ray's photographs with occasionally unexpected titles, with an introduction by André Breton titled Convulsionnaires. It sums up many of his photographic experiments: after the publication of this work, Man Ray dedicated more of his time to painting.

Beneath La Photographie n'est pas L'Art on the title-page, he has written 'and Art is not photography! / Man Ray / 1965'.

First edition, inscribed by Man Ray on the title-page; 5 text leaves and 12 light yellow relief halftone plates (245 x 160 mm, 9¾ x 6¼ in) loose in the original blue printed wrappers titled in black, very minor strip of fading, with the publisher's black die-cut outer wrapper with minor wear to extremities and a small area of abrasion to lower side, near-fine.

The Photobook: A History I, pp108-109.

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