Les mains libres

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Artist

Mary Reynolds

Title

Les mains libres

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1937

Medium

Mary Reynolds binding: full tan morocco binding; leather gloves onlaid on front and back covers; author and title stamped in palladium on spine; doublures; silk endpapers; top edge gilt; original paper covers bound in.

Inscriptions

Inscription on half title page: to Mary Reynolds, affectionately, Man Ray, December 24, 1937. Also signed by Paul Éluard.

Dimensions

28.8 × 23 × 4.3 cm (11 3/8 × 9 1/16 × 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Mary Reynolds Collection, Ryerson & Burnham Libraries

Reference Number

2019.171

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