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a black and red notebook with a red stripe on the coveran open book with a blue cover sitting on top of a white tablean open book with a black and white photo of a man ' s face
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112 - 112 MAN RAY. Photography is not art.
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Estimate €1,200 - €1,500
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112 MAN RAY. Photography is not art. 12 photographs. Foreword by André Breton. Paris, GLM, 1937. In-8, red half-calf, covers in Revorim Gonet Artefacts, title in red leather, red leather border embossed in a gutter pattern, cover preserved (Jean de Gonet, Atelier Antonio Perez Noriega, 1986). First edition: illustrated with 12 full-page reproductions of photographs by Man Ray. André Breton’s preface, entitled ‘Convulsionnaires’, concludes with: “But here is Man Ray. Here is the man with the head of a magic lantern.” (Coron, Les Éditions GLM, bibliography, no. 148.) A fine Revorim binding by Jean de Gonet.
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About the sale Henri Michaux, the Sven Pitsey collection
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Auction time 10/29/2026 at 2:00 PM
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