Concrete Mixer
published 1926
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color pochoir on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 54.8 x 38 cm (21 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Classification
Portfolio
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Accession Number
1972.64.9
Art Historical Context
**Concrete Mixer**, a vibrant 1926 color pochoir print on w paper by Man Ray (0–1976), captures the artist's playful Dadaist spirit during his prolific Paris years. Measuring 54.8 x 38 cm, this sheet belongs to a portfolio now housed in the National Gallery Art's CG-W department, acquired through the Ailsa Mellon Fund. Man Ray, an American expatriate and pioneer of Surrealism, blurred boundaries between photography, painting, and printmaking, often infusing everyday objects with dreamlike absurdity. The pochoir technique—stenciling layered colors by hand—lent these prints a luxurious, handcra...