Le Violon d'Ingres

Le Violon d'Ingres
English: Ingres's Violin
ArtistMan Ray
Completion date1924
Catalogue86.XM.626.10
MediumGelatin silver print
SubjectAlice Prin
Dimensions29.6 cm × 22.7 cm (11.625 in × 8.9375 in)
LocationJ. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Websitewww.getty.edu/art/collection/object/104E4A

Le Violon d'Ingres (French for Ingres's Violin) is a black-and-white photograph created by American visual artist Man Ray in 1924. It is one of his best-known photographs and of surrealist photography. The picture was first published in the Surrealist magazine Littérature in June 1924.[1][2] It shows model Kiki de Montparnasse from the back, nude to below her waist, with two f-holes painted on to make her body resemble a violin.

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