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[Nude]

Man Ray American

ca. 1930

Not on view

A masterpiece of modern photography, this nude study explicitly evokes Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres and the early nineteenth-century French tradition of the odalisque. Until recently, the model was believed to be Kiki de Montparnasse, the cabaret singer and artist’s model. The subject’s identity now remains a tantalizing question. Lounging on a daybed, the anonymous figure wears a black lace bodysuit and radiates pleasure like a quiescent python.

[Nude], Man Ray (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1890–1976 Paris), Gelatin silver print — Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: [Nude]

Artist: Man Ray (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1890–1976 Paris)

Date: ca. 1930

Medium: Gelatin silver print

Dimensions: Image: 6 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (15.8 × 22 cm)
Framed: 17 1/2 × 22 in. (44.5 × 55.9 cm)

Classification: Photographs

Credit Line: Promised Gift of Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee, in celebration of the Museum’s 150th Anniversary

Rights and Reproduction: © Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris

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