Le Violon d'Ingres | |
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English: Ingres's Violin | |
Artist | Man Ray |
Completion date | 1924 |
Catalogue | 86.XM.626.10 |
Medium | Gelatin silver print |
Subject | Alice Prin |
Dimensions | 29.6 cm × 22.7 cm (11.625 in × 8.9375 in) |
Location | J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles |
Website | www |
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.