Le Violon d’Ingres
photograph by Man Ray
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- In Man Ray
…pairs of eyes, and in Le Violon d’Ingres (1924) he photographically superimposed sound holes, or f holes, onto the photograph of the back of a female nude, making the woman’s body resemble that of a violin. He also continued to produce ready-mades. One, a metronome with a photograph of an…
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Kiki de Montparnasse
- In Kiki de Montparnasse
Le Violon d’Ingres shows Kiki’s bare back with f-holes painted in black onto the print to suggest her body as a musical instrument. André Breton published the image in the final issue of his literary journal Littérature (June 1924). Two years later Man Ray created…
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