Man Ray with his painting 'Mademoiselle H'

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• Man Ray (Emmanuel Radnitzky) (1890-1976), Photographer and artist. Sitter in 15 portraits, Artist of 14 portraits.

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• Ida Kar (1908-1974), Photographer. Artist associated with 1480 portraits, Sitter associated with 137 portraits.

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Kar photographed Man Ray at his Paris apartment on rue Férou, where he moved in 1952 with his wife and muse Juliet Browner. He appears posing next to Mademoiselle H. (1952), a portrait of his friend Henriette.

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• Photographs by Ida Kar, 1940s-1950s

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• Art in art
• Eyeglasses and spectacles