The Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents Man Ray | Lee Miller Partners in Surrealism. On view June 11, 2011 to December 4, 2011.
l’Heure de l’Observatoire – les Amoureux (Observatory Time – The Lovers), 1964 after 1932-34 canvas Man Ray (1890 – 1976) Color photograph 50 x 124 cm The Vera and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Dada and Surrealist Art Israel Museum © 2010 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Photo © The Israel Museum by Avshalom Avital
From 1929 to 1932, Man Ray and Lee Miller, two giants of the European Surrealism movement, lived together in Paris, first as teacher and student, and later as lovers. Their mercurial relationship resulted in some of the most powerful work of each artist’s career, and helped shape the course of modern art. Combining rare vintage photographs, paintings, sculpture and drawings, this exhibition tells the story of the artists’ brief but intense association and reveals the nature of their creative partnership.Support provided by the East India Marine Associates (EIMA) of the Peabody Essex Museum.
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