Man RayAmerican, 1890–1976Juliet in the Mirror
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New York, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
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- The museum
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- Accession number
- 98.78.12
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- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Image: Whitney Museum of American Art — © the artist or rights holder
Meanwhile, in the life of Man Ray
The whole lifelate 1934 – August 1940
Ady Fidelin — companion and model
Ray is in a relationship with the French art model Ady Fidelin, who appears in many of his photographs; when he flees Nazi-occupied France, she chooses to stay behind to care for her family.
1940
Fleeing occupied France for the United States
The Second World War forces Ray to flee Nazi-occupied France and return to the United States; Ady Fidelin chooses to stay behind.
1940
Meeting Juliet Browner
A few days after arriving in Los Angeles Ray meets Juliet Browner, a first-generation American of Romanian-Jewish lineage, a trained dancer who studied with Martha Graham, and an experienced artists' model; they will marry in 1946.
1946
A double wedding with Ernst and Tanning
Ray marries Juliet Browner, who takes the name 'Juliet Man Ray', in a double wedding with their friends Max Ernst and Dorothea Tanning; the couples serve as each other's witnesses.
1948
The Copley Galleries show: the “Shakespearean Equations”
At his solo exhibition at the Copley Galleries in Beverly Hills Ray shows a wide array of work, including newly painted canvases from the Shakespearean Equations series.
1951
Back in Paris: the studio on rue Férou
Ray returns to Paris and settles with Juliet in a studio at 2 bis rue Férou, near the Jardin du Luxembourg; he lives in Paris for the rest of his life.
