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Shipwreck on Malibu Beach
Man Ray
- Date
- about 1945
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Culture
- American
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
From the almost invisible people at the left of the composition, the scale of this weather-beaten carcass Man Ray photographed on the beach in Malibu can be judged. This fascinating found object, looking like a stranded whale, is actually the hull of a ship washed ashore.
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