Man Ray
Gisèle Prassinos reading her prose to the Surrealist poets, 1935
Stamped with the photographer's credits 'MAN RAY 8 Rue du Val-de-grace Paris 5ᵉ France Danton 92-25,' dated '1935,' and annotated 'Gisele Prassinos reading her prose to the Surrealist poets,' 'René char,' 'Peret,' 'Eluard' and 'Breton' (on the verso)
Vintage silver print
12.7 by 17.8 cm (5 by 7 in.)
69076
© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2023
Gisèle Prassinos (French-Greek, 1920 - 2015) was a poet and novelist who was discovered at fourteen by the Surrealists, whom she met through her brother Mario Prassinos. Her writing was...
Gisèle Prassinos (French-Greek, 1920 - 2015) was a poet and novelist who was discovered at fourteen by the Surrealists, whom she met through her brother Mario Prassinos. Her writing was published by André Breton in Minotaure in 1934, and in 1935 she published her first book La Sauterelle arthritique, with a preface by Éluard and an interior photograph by Man Ray, seen here. Standing listening to the young poet, from left to right, are Jean-Marie Prassinos, Henri Parisot, Benjamin Péret, and René Char. Seated in the front, deeply engaged in the reading, are André Breton and Paul Éluard.