Man RayAmerican, 1890–1976Invention
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Art Institute of Chicago
Room393Chicago, United States
On public display.
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- Sep 28, 2026
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- Accession number
- 1980.282
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Meanwhile, in the life of Man Ray
The whole life1914
Married: Adon Lacroix
1914
Meeting Picabia and Duchamp
Ray meets Francis Picabia and Marcel Duchamp; the three later become friends and collaborators, connected by their experimental, entertaining and innovative art.
1914
Cover art for Emma Goldman's “Mother Earth”
Ray provides the cover art for two 1914 issues of Emma Goldman's journal Mother Earth and contributes illustrations to other radical publications.
1915
His first solo show
Ray's first solo show, of paintings and drawings, is held in New York.
1915
The artists' colony at Grantwood
Ray takes up residence at an art colony in Grantwood, New Jersey.
1918
His first significant photographs
Having picked up the camera to document his own artwork, Ray produces his first significant photographs; from 1918 he takes up photography and film in earnest, experimenting with photograms, solarization and other techniques.
