Man Ray
Augustus John, 1923 'circa'
Signed 'Man Ray' (lower right) and annotated 'Augustus John' (on the mount, lower left); stamped with the photographer's credits 'MAN RAY 31 bis, Rue Campagne Première Paris XIVᵉ' (on the verso)
Vintage silver print mounted on paper
22.9 by 16.5 cm (9 by 6½ in.)
Mount: 31.8 by 24.8 cm (12½ by 9¾ in.)
Mount: 31.8 by 24.8 cm (12½ by 9¾ in.)
69055
© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2023
Augustus John (Welsh, 1878 - 1961) was an important Post-Impressionist landscape painter in Great Britain leading up to World War I, but turned to portraiture in the conflict’s aftermath. John...
Augustus John (Welsh, 1878 - 1961) was an important Post-Impressionist landscape painter in Great Britain leading up to World War I, but turned to portraiture in the conflict’s aftermath. John often visited Paris and painted writers, artists, and cultural luminaries in a style that foregrounded psychological impact and intensity. Man Ray photographed John in 1923 and captured his famously wayward embrace of a bohemian lifestyle.