Man Ray, African art, and the modernist lens / Wendy A. Grossman ; with an essay by Ian Walker and additional contributions by Yaëlle Biro [and others] ; contributing editor, Martha Bari ; concordance editor, Letty Wilson Bonnell.

Author/creator Grossman, Wendy
Other author Bari, Martha Ann.
Other author Bonnell, Letty.
Format Book
Publication InfoWashington, DC : International Arts & Artists ; Minneapolis, MN : Distributed by the University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxv, 183 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm
Subjects

Contents African art between the modern and the "primitive" -- African art "American style" -- Between art and document : African art in the age of mechanical reproduction -- From Dada to surrealism and beyond -- The poetics and politics of surrealism -- Out of phantom Africa : Michel Leiris, Man Ray and Dogon / Ian Walker -- Fashioning popular reception.
General note"Exhibition dates: The Phillips Collection, Oct. 10, 2009-Jan. 10, 2010; University of New Mexico Art Museum, Feb. 6-May 30, 2010; University of Virginia Museum of Art, Aug. 7-Oct. 10, 2010; University of British Columbia, Museum of Anthropology Oct. 29, 2010-Jan. 23, 2011." --T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2009030450
ISBN9780816670178 (pb : alk. paper)
ISBN081667017X (pb : alk. paper)