Man Ray / Emmanuel Radnitsky : who is behind The enigma of Isidore Ducasse?

Author

Heyd, Milly

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Israel Museum journal. 1993, Vol. 11, 31-46, 23 ill.

ISSN

0333-7499

Abstract (en)

Considers The Enigma of Isidore Ducasse, a photographic image of an assemblage created by Man Ray in 1920 which pays tribute to the famous statement of the legendary Comte de Lautréamont (alias Isidore Ducasse): "Beautiful as the chance meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella on a dissecting-table." The photograph shows a coarse fabric enveloping a vaguely anthropomorphic form tied with rope. Heyd states: "The assumption underlying the present article is that The Enigma of Isidore Ducasse is actually the enigma of Man Ray, or if we wish, the enigma of Emmanuel Radnitsky--the artist's real name. For Man Ray, sharing with Lautréamont the need to conceal his true identity, adopted an anagrammatic pseudonym." This was to avoid classification as an artist with an ethnic (Russian Jewish) identity.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- United States
• Man Ray, 1890-1976
• Photography
• Enigma of Isidore Ducasse
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Assemblages
• Lautréamont, comte de (Isidore Ducasse), 1846-1870
• Concealed imagery
• Pseudonyms
• Jews

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- États-Unis
• Man Ray, 1890-1976
• Photographie
• L'Enigme d'Isidore Ducasse
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Assemblage (oeuvre d'art)
• Lautréamont, comte de (Isidore Ducasse), 1846-1870
• Image cachée
• Pseudonyme
• Juifs

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348413

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