2008 Man Ray Poster, Black and White, Noire et Blanche, 1936, Dada in Vogue, surrealism, photography gallery exhibition, wall art decor

2008 Man Ray Poster, Black and White, Noire et Blanche, 1936, Dada in Vogue, surrealism, photography gallery exhibition, wall art decor

This exhibition poster is from the Pinacotheque de Paris for an exhibition in 2008 featuring "Noire et Blanche" or "Black and White" from 1936.
Dimensions: 23.5 in x 31.5 in (60 cm x 80cm)

Noire et Blanche (French for Black and White) is a black and white photograph taken by American visual artist Man Ray in 1926. It is one of his most famous photographs at the time when he was an exponent of Surrealism. The picture was first published in the Parisian Vogue magazine, on 1 May 1926, with the title Visage de Nacre et Masque d'Ébene. It would be published once again with the current title in the French magazines Variétés and Art et Décoration in 1928.

Man Ray had already published a similar photograph in the cover of the Dada magazine of Francis Picabia, with the title Black and White, in 1924, depicting two statuettes, one European and classical and the other African.
The photograph depicts the famous French model Kiki de Montparnasse, expressionless, with her eyes closed and her head lying on a table, holding with her left hand a black African mask vertically upon the table. The picture juxtaposes the similarities between the soft oval white face of the model, as if she were a living mask, with the shiny black mask, also with eyes closed and a serene expression. It also expresses the artist's interest in African art, which had a huge influence in the artistic movements of the first decades of the 20th century.

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