Man Ray. Gift. 1958; replica of 1921 original. Painted flatiron with row of thirteen tacks, heads glued to the iron’s bottom, 6 1⁄8 × 3 5⁄8 × 4 1/2″ (15.3 × 9 × 11.4 cm). James Thrall Soby Fund. © 2016 Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life

MoMA May 25–August 26, 1997

An examination of the radical evolution in the treatment of space, color, form, composition, and expression in this genre during the 20th century.

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