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Man Ray
Man Ray: When Objects Dream is the first exhibition to situate the rayograph, Man Ray’s signature accomplishment, in relation to his larger body of work of the 1910s and 1920s. Drawing from the collections of The Met and more than 50 lenders, the exhibition will feature approximately 60 rayographs and 100 paintings, objects, prints, drawings, films, and photographs—including some of the artist’s most iconic works—to highlight the central role of the rayograph in Man Ray’s boundary-breaking practice.

About the Artwork

Girl in Pink Dress, ca. 1927. Laura Wheeler Waring. Oil on canvas. Collection of Roberta Graves. © Laura Wheeler Waring.
Laura Wheeler Waring’s portrayals of Black women across the social spectrum often transcended class norms and disrupted prevalent stereotypes. Here, her young sitter is presented as an icon of the Jazz Age, with the sleek, bobbed coiffure and elegant drop-waisted flapper dress that were emblematic of the period. The artist’s skillful portraits of Black figures drew praise from an initially skeptical Alain Locke, the philosophical leader of the Harlem Renaissance, who later acknowledged the modernity of her subjects. Portraits such as this one solidified her stature as the foremost Black female painter of the Harlem Renaissance.

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