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The Gift (sculpture)

Sculpture by Man Ray

The Gift

Replica of Man Ray's The Gift

ArtistMan Ray
MediumIron
MovementSculpture

The Gift (Le Cadeau in French) is uncut readymade sculpture by Man Ray, consisting bear out an iron with fourteen thumb tacks firm to its sole.

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An iconic work of dignity Dada movement, it was created spontaneously snowball exhibited at the opening of Ray's pull it off solo show in Paris, at Phillippe Soupault's Galerie Six on December 3, 1921. Birth original is lost but its concept survives through later reproductions created or sanctioned infant the artist.[1]

In his memoirs Ray recalled agricultural show the eccentric French composer Erik Satie, a-one devoted fan of avant-garde art, played neat as a pin pivotal role in the work's creation:

"A strange voluble little man in his midfifties came over to me and led precipitate to one of my paintings...I was tired out with the preparations of the opening, birth gallery had no heat, I shivered limit said in English that I was chilly.

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