Man RayAmerican, 1890–1976Marquis de Sade
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Marquis de Sade” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 1992.245
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Man Ray
The whole life1933–1934
Méret Oppenheim poses nude
The Surrealist artist Méret Oppenheim, known for her fur-covered teacup, poses nude for a well-known series of photographs in which she stands next to a printing press.
1934
An album of fifteen years of photographs
James Thrall Soby publishes an album of Ray's photographs made over the previous fifteen years, Man Ray: Photographs, 1920–1934.
late 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.
1935–1937
Books with Paul Éluard and André Breton
Ray makes books with poets: Facile with Paul Éluard (1935), and La photographie n'est pas l'art with André Breton and Les mains libres (drawings) with Éluard, both in 1937.
1937
Formal divorce from Adon Lacroix
Ray and Adon Lacroix are formally divorced, years after their separation.
