Le Violon d'Ingres

Le Violon d'Ingres
Le Violon d'Ingres
English: Ingres's Violin
Artist	Man Ray
Completion date	1924
Catalogue	86.XM.626.10
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Subject	Alice Prin
Dimensions	29.6 cm × 22.7 cm (11.625 in × 8.9375 in)
Location	J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Website	www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104E4A

Le Violon d'Ingres (French for Ingres's Violin) is a black-and-white photograph created by American visual artist Man Ray in 1924. It is one of his best-known photographs and of surrealist photography. The picture was first published in the Surrealist magazine Littérature in June 1924.^[1]^[2] It shows model Kiki de Montparnasse from the back, nude to below her waist, with two f-holes painted on to make her body resemble a violin.

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Le Violon d'Ingres
English: Ingres's Violin

Artist	Man Ray
Completion date	1924
Catalogue	86.XM.626.10
Medium	Gelatin silver print
Subject	Alice Prin
Dimensions	29.6 cm × 22.7 cm (11.625 in × 8.9375 in)
Location	J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Website	www.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104E4A

Le Violon d'Ingres

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