An iconic Surrealist portrait by Man Ray becomes a new limited edition print, in collaboration with his Estate.
This edition is based on Larmes (Tears), originally photographed around 1932 during Man Ray's time in Paris. The haunting image shows a model gazing upward, crying tears of glistening glass beads. Created around the time of Man Ray's breakup with photographer Lee Miller, the work exemplifies his radical and emotive approach to photography that helped shape both Dada and Surrealism. Man Ray considered this one of his most successful photographs, featuring it prominently in his 1934 photographic book.
This limited edition print features a matte varnish seal and bespoke debossed archive stamp, carefully crafted by our expert printmakers at our London fine art print studio, Make-Ready.
Dimensions: 11.75 x 14.5 Inches
Medium: Archival pigment print on 410gsm Somerset Tub Sized Radiant White paper with a matte varnish seal and a bespoke debossed archive stamp.
Provenance: Artist signature embossed on lower right. Numbered on lower left. Comes with original certificate of authenticity from the publisher.
Edition: Limited Edition of 224
Year: 2026
Condition: Excellent
ARTIST BIO
Man Ray was a key figure of Dada and Surrealism, one of the few Americans associated with either movement. Born Emmanuel Radnitzky, the artist adopted his pseudonym in 1909 and—while he also worked across painting, sculpture, video, and printmaking—became renowned for his striking, sensual black-and-white photographs. A number of his portraits—such as Larmes (Tears) (ca. 1932), which features a woman “crying” glass bead tears, and his pictures of Kiki de Montparnasse—are icons of 20th-century art. Man Ray also embraced technical experimentation; he used solarization and made Rayographs (an eponym for his photograms) as he pushed the boundaries of avant-garde photography. At auction, his work has sold for seven figures, and his paintings have fetched particularly high prices. Man Ray is represented in the collections of such institutions as the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
