Le Voyeur

Man Ray, Le Voyeur, 1965, wooden cigar box with inserted door lens, 6 1⁄8 x 6 3⁄8 x 1 1⁄4 in. (15.4 x 16.1 x 3.1 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Juliet Man Ray, 1983.105.4

Artwork Details

Title
Le Voyeur
Artist
Date
1965
Location
Dimensions
6 1⁄8 x 6 3⁄8 x 1 1⁄4 in. (15.4 x 16.1 x 3.1 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Juliet Man Ray
Mediums
Mediums Description
wooden cigar box with inserted door lens
Classifications
Subjects
  • Abstract
Object Number
1983.105.4
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1983.105.4

Artwork Description

Man Ray loved expressing humor in his work and often hinted at erotic imagery through his assemblages of everyday objects. In Le Voyeur the title immediately conjures up the idea of secretly watching something illicit, but when we look into the lens, all we can see is the back of a cigar box.

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John Elliott, Philip N. Rhinelander, ca. 1917-1925, chalk on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Maud Howe Elliott, 1927.8.12
Philip N. Rhinelander
Artist
Dateca. 1917-1925
chalk on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
John Elliott, Hamilton Coolidge, ca. 1917-1925, chalk on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Maud Howe Elliott, 1927.8.4
Hamilton Coolidge
Artist
Dateca. 1917-1925
chalk on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
John Elliott, Richard Norton, ca. 1917-1925, chalk on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Maud Howe Elliott, 1927.8.5
Richard Norton
Artist
Dateca. 1917-1925
chalk on paper mounted on paperboard
Not on view
John Elliott, Norman Prince, ca. 1917-1925, chalk on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Maud Howe Elliott, 1927.8.6
Norman Prince
Artist
Dateca. 1917-1925
chalk on paper
Not on view

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