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Man Ray
Le monde (The World)
[Electricite]
1931
Photogravure
10 1/4 x 8 1/16 ins
J. Paul Getty Museum
84.XM.1000.104, © Man Ray Trust ARS-ADAGP
LL/43315
Descriptive notes from the J. Paul Getty Museum
[Accessed: 19 March 2011]
In 1931 the Paris electric company CPDE commissioned Man Ray to produce a series of images promoting the personal uses of electricity. The resulting portfolio, Electricité, included ten Rayographs reproduced as photogravures. Le monde (The world), a picture of the moon above an electrical cord, suggests that even celestial bodies are dependent on CPDE for their illumination.
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