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The studio on Rue Ferou in Paris was the home that Man Ray shared with his wife Juliet for twenty-five years. The couple lived and worked there from 1951 until the artist's death in 1976. Juliet preserved the studio as homage to her late husband. Studio Man Ray includes a series of photographs taken in the studio in 1983 and 1985 by San Francisco photographer Ira Nowinski, capturing the web of work, art, and life created by Man Ray and preserved by Juliet.
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JUDAH L. MAGNES MUSEUM 2911 Russell Street Berkeley, CA 94705 510.549.6950 Fax 510.849.3673 www.magnes.org
Studio Man Ray Photographs by Ira Nowinski March 5, 2007–August 5, 2007 Man Ray was born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia and raised in Brooklyn. In 1911, the Radnitzky family changed their surname to Ray in reaction to the ethnic discrimination and anti-Semitism. In 1921 Man Ray moved to Paris where he made his living as a professional fashion and portrait photographer while radicalizing the use of photography in the context of Dada and Surrealist movements. He became internationally famous as the photographer of Parisian artists between the wars. This exhibition will display San Francisco photographer Ira Nowinski’s documentation of Man Ray’s studio inside and out, preserving the Paris studio on film exactly as it had been during Man Ray’s final days. Several of Man Ray’s three-dimensional works will be on loan from Stephen Wirtz of the Stephen Wirtz Gallery in San Francisco.
Partial list of objects in the exhibition
Ira Nowinski, Silver print, Le Violon d’Ingres, with variation of It’s Springtime and parts of various objects, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Various objects on Le Beau Temps wall, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Leather shadow, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
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Ira Nowinski, Mezzanine table with lamp, pipes, antique iron, and Café Man Ray, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
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Ira Nowinski, Back shelf wall near kitchen with matchbox picture, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Surrealist library, with hand made book by Brassaï, 1983, Gelatin silver print (2002). Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Eye, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Darkroom with negative boxes and box of Agfa pofilm, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Danger Haute Tension, hand painted sign on vestibule door, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
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Ira Nowinski, Couch with photo of Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Couch with Le Manche dans la Manche and various objects, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Bedroom with L’Observatoire and two paintings, one of Juliet, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Shelf wall with various objects and drawings, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Imaginary portrait of the Marquis de Sade, 1983,
Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
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Ira Nowinski, Mezzanine with tax box, various nails, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Objects on shelf wall, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Books, Rome Prize, Hommage a Sade, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, View of studio from mezzanine, with parachute that covered main space, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, The painting Le Beau Temps, with photographs, objects, and lithograph of L’Observatoire, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Surrealist library detail, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
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Ira Nowinski, Photograph of Juliet and Man Ray, Los Angeles circa 1940s. Chess board painting, 1983, Giclée print on canvas (2007) . Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
Ira Nowinski, Rue Férou façade, 1983, Gelatin silver print. Copyright 2007 Man Ray Trust/ADAGP
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