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[Duchamp with Glider]

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American Photographer · 1890–1976

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Born in Philadelphia, Emmanuel Radnitsky grew up in New Jersey and became a commercial artist in New York in the 1910s. He began to sign his name *Man Ray* in 1912, although his family did not change its surname to *Ray* until the 1920s. He initially taught himself photography in order to reproduce his own works of art, which included paintings and mixed media. In 1921 he moved to Paris and set up

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Date: 1917
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Culture: American
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

As Man Ray told it in his autobiography, one day in 1915 the French artist Marcel Duchamp appeared at the door of his house, and despite a language barrier the two artists quickly recognized one another as kindred spirits. A lifelong friendship was begun, and they collaborated on a variety of projects. In 1917 Duchamp made *The Water Mill Within Glider*, a painting on glass now at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as a study for his work *Large Glass* of 1915 to 1923. Man Ray made this photograph later in Paris after Duchamp had framed the *Water Mill* for delivery to his buyer. Lying flat on the table, Duchamp posed in a way that makes him an integral part of the composition. An inscription on the back of the print indicates that the image of the sculpture was cut out of the photographic print by Duchamp, who trimmed away the background of the studio, then turned the picture vertically to make it seem as though he were bracing the glass.

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