Ingres’s Violin

Man Ray1924

Oscar Niemeyer Museum
Curitiba, Brazil

“Ingres' Violin” shows the back of the model Kiki de Montparnasse (1901-1953), in a position that refers to paintings by Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingrés (1780 - 1867), a painter who was also a music lover; for this reason, Man Ray deepened the reference by painting with ink the two efes or acoustic openings of the violin on Kiki's back (on the photograph).

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Title: Ingres’s Violin
Creator: Man Ray
Date: 1924
Location: France
Physical Dimensions: 30 x 24,5
Rights: © Man Ray 2015 Trust
Medium: Gelatin-silver print from the 1970’s, Artist’s proof IV/VI

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