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Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Thomas and Janine Koerfer-Weill
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Gelatin silver print
Collection of Sarah and Gary Wolkowitz
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Gelatin silver print
Fondazione Marguerite Arp, Locarno
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Vintage gelatin silver print
Rosalind and Melvin Jacobs Collection
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Gelatin silver print
The J. Paul Getty Museum
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Painted flatiron and tacks
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. James Thrall Soby Fund, 1966
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Gelatin silver print
Private Collection, New York
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Gelatin silver print
Collection of Gérard Lévy, Paris
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Gelatin silver print
Collection of Gérard Lévy, Paris
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Oil on canvas
Private Collection
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Wood, fiber, metal and paper on cardboard
Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Oil on canvas
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: Purchase, with funds from the Simon Foundation, Inc.
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Vintage gelatin silver print
Collection Timothy Baum, New York
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Gelatin silver print
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of James Thrall Soby 1941
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Solarized gelatin silver print
The Jewish Museum, New York, Purchase: Photography Acquisitions Committee Fund, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund, and funds provided by Judith and Jack Stern
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Cut-out gelatin silver print on paper
Baltimore Museum of Art Purchase with exchange funds from the Edward Joseph Gallagher III Memorial Collection; and partial gift of George H. Dalsheimer
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Painted bronze
Courtesy of Timothy Baum, New York
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Gelatin silver print
Francis M. Naumann Fine Art, New York.
Gelatin silver print on warm-toned, matte-surface paper
Collection of Steven M. Sumberg
© 2009 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
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