Its Another Spring

Media - 1983.105.6 - SAAM-1983.105.6_1 - 56993
Copied Man Ray, Its Another Spring, 1961, mixed media: metal spring, ivory ball, and wooden cigar box, 11 5⁄8 x 8 x 6 5⁄8 in. (29.5 x 20.2 x 16.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Juliet Man Ray, 1983.105.6

Artwork Details

Title
Its Another Spring
Artist
Date
1961
Location
Dimensions
11 5⁄8 x 8 x 6 5⁄8 in. (29.5 x 20.2 x 16.8 cm.)
Markings
front, left side and right side of box incised: 25 Danidoff No 2 top of box upper left incised: Hecho a mano top of box center incised: Danidoff No 2 top of box lower right incised: La Habana, Cuba right edge of box incised: No 2
Credit Line
Gift of Juliet Man Ray
Mediums
Mediums Description
mixed media: metal spring, ivory ball, and wooden cigar box
Classifications
Keywords
  • Nonrepresentational
  • Abstract
  • Modern art movement — assemblage — box
Object Number
1983.105.6
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.105.6

Artwork Description

Man Ray loved expressing humor in his work and often hinted at erotic imagery through his assemblages of everyday objects. In It’s Another Spring the arrangement of the cigar box, bedspring, and ivory ball evokes male sexual power, while the season of spring more generally makes us think of sexual awakening.

Luce Object Quote

“Everything I do is done in the spirit of pleasure.” Man Ray, Exhibition Catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1966