MAN RAY (1890-1976)
Jacqueline Goddard, 1932
Gelatin-silver print, original contact, solarization
8 x 5 cm
Jacqueline Goddard, 1932
Gelatin-silver print, original contact, solarization 3.15 x 1.97 inch
Note :
Arrived in 1929 in the Montparnasse district, Jacqueline Goddard, a sculptor's daughter, quickly became a model for many artists, among them
Man Ray, who photographed her here by overexposing the film to the light, a way of obtaining a "very soft result on the face" as the artist indicates. With this portrait of a friend, Man Ray reveals his "sense of the pathetically right moment when the balance, the most fleeting of all, is established in the expression of a face, between reverie and action", in the words of André Breton.
Jacqueline Goddard, the daughter of a sculptor, arrived in the Montparnasse neighborhood in 1929 and quickly became a model for many artists, including Man
Ray, who photographed her here by overexposing the film to light, a way of obtaining a "very soft result on the face" as the artist indicated. With this portrait of a friend, Man Ray reveals his "sense of the most fleeting moment of balance in the expression of a face, between reverie and action", in the words of André Breton.
Provenance:
Collection Edmonde et Lucien Treillard, Paris
Bibliography:
- Ronny van de Velde, Man Ray, 1890-1976, Anvers, Albin Michel, 1994, n°112
- Man Ray em Paris, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, 2019-2020, p.38