new york dada

In 1921 Duchamp and Man Ray produced the large, glossy single issue of New York Dada, whose chief glory is its cover, the minute multiple repetition of its title upside down surrounding Duchamp's altered readymade, the perfume bottle Belle Haleine: eau de voilette, with his portrait as Rrose Selavy on the label. A 'letter of authorization' from Tristan Tzara was printed inside, in response to a letter from Gabrielle Buffet to the Dada impressario now stationed in Paris.
TEXT CREDITS
Dawn Ades, 'The Blind Man and New York Dada', in The Dada Reader. A Critical Anthology / edited by Dawn Ades (Tate Publishing : London 2006) 146].

DESCRIPTION
- N° 1 (April 1921). Single issue.
- Edited by Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray; published in New York.
- 37.5 x 25.5 cm.

FACSIMILES/REPRINTS
printed
- Reprinted in 'Dada americano', in Arturo Schwarz (ed.), Documenti e periodici Dada / a cura di Arturo Schwarz. Collezione di ristampe anastatiche diretta da Massimo Carra e Giorgio de Marchis (Gabriele Mazzotta : Milano 1970). The reprint includes Blindman 1-2, New York Dada, Watch Your Step, The Ridgefield Gazook and Rongwrong.
- [anthology] 'The Blind Man and New York Dada', in The Dada Reader. A Critical Anthology / edited by Dawn Ades (Tate Publishing : London 2006) 145-160.

SECONDARY LITERATURE
Séverine Gossart
'New York Dada', in Dada (Éditions du Centre Pompidou : Paris 2005) 756-7591.

Man Ray
Man Ray [= Emmanuel Radnitzky] (Philadelphia 1890 -1976 Paris) spent his formative years in New York, where he associated with avant-garde artists, writers and radicals. He met the artist Marcel Duchamp in 1915, when many European artists decamped to New York to avoid the war, and the two men became lifelong friends and collaborators. Man Ray moved to Paris in 1921 and remained there for over twenty years. He made significant contributions to both Dada and Surrealism, although he kept on the fringes of both movements. He always considered himself a painter, but he produced a huge output of innovative work in a variety of media over his lifetime, including assemblages, collage, and experimental films. He was also was involved in numerous publishing ventures. He is probably still best known for his photography - portraits of members of the avant-garde, fashion photography and his pioneering rayographs.
TEXT CREDITS
Panel 60 of Breaking the Rules, exhbition by the British Library. Courtesy British Library, Stephen Bury (2008)
IMAGE CREDITS
Tristan Tzara and Man Ray (year and photographer unknown).