Man Ray
Erik Satie, 1922-23
Signed 'Man Ray' and annotated 'Paris' (on the mount, lower right); stamped with the later stamp 'ÉPREUVE ORIGINALE Atelier Man Ray Paris' (on the verso)
Vintage silver print mounted on paper
22.9 by 17.8 cm (9 by 7 in.)
Mount: 29.2 by 22.9 cm (11½ by 9 in.)
Mount: 29.2 by 22.9 cm (11½ by 9 in.)
69169
© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2023
Erik Satie (French, 1866 - 1925) was an avant-garde composer and pianist closely aligned with the Dada and Surrealist movements. His unconventional musical compositions, which tended to disregard traditional form...
Erik Satie (French, 1866 - 1925) was an avant-garde composer and pianist closely aligned with the Dada and Surrealist movements. His unconventional musical compositions, which tended to disregard traditional form and tonal structures, represent a formal break with 19th Century French Romanticism. Satie met Man Ray in 1921 at the artist’s first exhibition in Paris held at La Librairie Six, and the two developed a cordial friendship and mutual admiration.