Artist Monograph

Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky), American

American, 1890–1976

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Photography 143 70.8%
Other Media 25 12.4%
Printmaking 21 10.4%
Drawing 5 2.5%
Lithography 4 2%
Gouache 1 0.5%
Etching 1 0.5%
Ceramics 1 0.5%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Photography 160 79.2%
Drawings & Prints 35 17.3%
Painting & Sculpture 4 2%
Architecture & Design 3 1.5%

Production by Decade

1
1900s
5
1910s
92
1920s
78
1930s
3
1940s
17
1950s
5
1960s
1
1970s

Classification Types

  • Photograph — 171
  • Print — 13
  • Drawing — 7
  • Illustrated Book — 3
  • Design — 3
  • Sculpture — 3
  • Painting — 1
  • Multiple — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)15983.2%
Medium (30–100 cm)3015.7%
Large (1–3 m)21%

Range: 4.1 cm → 186.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
193515
19372
1941101
194212
19432
19471
19502
19531
19541
19551
19581
19609
19631
19662
19671
19701
19721
19731
19741
19765
19772
19801
19841
19851
198811

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 517" — 1
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 509" — 1
  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 513" — 1

American Contemporaries

  1. 16315 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  2. 3358 Louise Bourgeois
  3. 2199 Ellsworth Kelly
  4. 1338 Lee Friedlander
  5. 932 George Maciunas