Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself. Nobody knows his own frontiers… I don’t think I’d ever want to take a road if I knew where it led.

Louis Kahan

Man Ray

This photograph by Man Ray embodies the many mediums, forms, thoughts and processes by which his work is known. The original sculpture in the photograph, Lampshade, 1919 consisted of a strip of paper that was torn from a broken lampshade found in the trash and attached to a stand previously used to hold a dress. Man Ray was so pleased with the resulting form that he decided to submit it for the opening exhibition at the new museum Société Anonyme, Inc…(http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1209902)

Man Ray, Lampshade, 1919-23

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    simplicity and elegance at its best.
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