Ameico Man Ray Chess Board

240,00 USD

Description

Gifts for art lovers. This artful chess board pays homage to a visionary chess set (1920) in the Museum's Modern and Contemporary Art collection designed by the artist and avid chess player Man Ray (American, 1890-1976), whose work is the subject of the exhibition Man Ray: When Objects Dream, on view at The Met Fifth Avenue from September 14, 2025-February 1, 2026. Man Ray was known for his radical experiments that pushed the limits of photography, painting, sculpture, and film. In the winter of 1921, he pioneered the rayograph, a new twist on a technique used to make photographs without a camera. By placing objects on or near a sheet of light-sensitive paper, which he exposed to light and developed, Man Ray turned recognizable subjects into wonderfully mysterious compositions. Introduced in the period between Dada and Surrealism, the rayographs' transformative, magical qualities led the poet Tristan Tzara to describe them as capturing the moments "when objects dream." Chess pieces sold separately.