Man Ray - Lee miller 1930

Lee Miller, star model of Vogue magazine, just arrived from New York, decides to do her internship as a photographer, it is Man Ray who she chooses and introduces herself to him "Lee Miller, I am your new student. », immediately the ideas abound, in 1930, Man Ray encapsulates the head of his new assistant, she poses naked, with a mask of wire, and hands with gloves.

She wants him as her teacher, and no one else, this undisputed master of light, in the summer of 1929, the most popular portrait painter in all of Paris, the American fashion magazines yearn for him and the French surrealists consider him one of their own. It is a challenge and not a chore for her to work with Man Ray, she poses naked, hands on her breasts, under the effect of solarization her painted nails become silvery, sharp, in contrast with the sweetness of her smile.

“The painter is generally prouder of his art than the photographer is of him, and that is a fault for the photographer.” Man Ray”Print made in 2004 by a former art printer - Archive model

Two-tone offset print enhanced with a glossy varnish

This unpublished offset print was found deep in a mounting studio in the archive vaults of a former art printing house, stored flat and protected from light in an envelope. Although it is 20 years old, it has remained in good condition. Presence of traces of dirt and traces on the back from the printer's manipulations. The front, however, is intact, in perfect condition and remarkably shiny.

This copy was kept by the printer to serve as a reference for setting and coloring on the machine during removal. This is a unique copy(1)

Edition size: 14.5 cm x 20 cm