{"product_id":"original-man-ray-poster-alexandre-iolas-1973","title":"Original Man Ray Poster Alexandre Iolas, 1973","description":"\u003ctable style=\"width: 100.087%; height: 117.563px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 23.6107%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.5296%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eMan Ray\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 23.6107%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.5296%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e1973\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 23.6107%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGallery\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.5296%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eGalerie Alexandre Iolas, Paris\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 23.6107%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.5296%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e48 × 82 cm (18.9 × 32.3 in)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 23.6107%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eType\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.5296%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eOriginal vintage exhibition poster\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 23.6107%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 73.5296%; height: 19.5938px;\"\u003eA — Good condition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an original exhibition poster created in 1973 by Man Ray for the Galerie Alexandre Iolas in Paris — one of the most consequential galleries in the history of post-war art, whose roster at various points included René Magritte, Max Ernst, Victor Brauner, Niki de Saint Phalle, Jean Tinguely, and Man Ray himself. Alexandre Iolas, born in Alexandria and trained as a ballet dancer before becoming the most adventurous dealer of his generation, had an unmatched instinct for Surrealism-adjacent art that defied classification. His Paris gallery on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré was a destination — not merely for collectors but for artists who recognised in Iolas a man who understood what they were doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMan Ray\u003c\/strong\u003e (1890–1976), born Emmanuel Radnitzky in Philadelphia, was one of the most versatile and irreducible figures of the 20th-century avant-garde — a painter, photographer, filmmaker, sculptor and object-maker who moved between Dada and Surrealism with an ease that made categories feel irrelevant. His \u003cem\u003erayographs\u003c\/em\u003e — photograms made without a camera, by placing objects directly on photosensitive paper — remain among the most radical gestures in the history of photography. His \u003cem\u003eIndestructible Object\u003c\/em\u003e, his \u003cem\u003eGift\u003c\/em\u003e, his \u003cem\u003eLips\u003c\/em\u003e hovering over a dark landscape — these are images that have entered permanently into the visual unconscious of the 20th century. He lived in Paris from 1921 to 1940, fled to Los Angeles during the war, and returned to Paris in 1951, where he remained until his death in 1976 — three years after this poster was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1973 exhibition at the Galerie Iolas belongs to Man Ray's final Paris decade — a period of retrospective recognition in which the full scope of his achievement was at last being understood and celebrated by the institutions and galleries that had once found him too difficult. At 83, he was still working, still irreverent, still the most singular figure in any room he entered. This poster is a document of that moment: one great original, shown by the one dealer who was his equal in audacity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example is in good condition — grade A — and is presented unframed, ready for the wall it deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA rare and charged document — Man Ray at his most celebrated, at the gallery that understood him best, in the final years of an irreplaceable career.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e```\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nbmposter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45513868869741,"sku":null,"price":800.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0017\/3811\/3082\/files\/manrayiolas_77262225-58f2-43df-af95-8d279cce05b5.png?v=1785202163","url":"https:\/\/www.nbmposter.com\/products\/original-man-ray-poster-alexandre-iolas-1973","provider":"nbmposter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}