Salle de Bain
1931
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View on museum website →Medium
photogravure
Dimensions
image: 26 × 20.5 cm (10 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.) mount: 37.5 × 27.5 cm (14 3/4 × 10 13/16 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Department
CPH
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Accession Number
2022.154.28.7
Art Historical Context
**Salle de Bain, 1931** Step into the enigmatic world of Man Ray with *Salle de Bain* (French for "Bath"), a captivating photograv from 1931. This American-born artist, a central figure in Dada and Surrealism, blurred the lines between photography and fine art during his time in Paris's vibrant avant-garde scene. The image, measuring 26 × 20.5 cm on its mount, captures an intimate domestic space with Ray's signature dreamlike distortion, inviting viewers to question reality itself. Photogravure, the medium here, was a revolutionary intaglio printing technique prized for its velvety blacks a...