Man Ray"Photograph of Mary Reynolds"1930
I love when I "discover"a missing link to the puzzles of the past.Bookbinder and surrealist muse Mary Reynolds is one of those missing links for me.I snagged this book a few years ago and then promptly "lost" it in the book junglethat is my apartment.Well, once lost and now rediscovered,both the book and Mary!Man Ray"Photograph of Mary Reynolds and Marcel Duchamp"n.d.Man Ray"Photograph of Mary Reynolds"c. 1930sConstantin Brancusi,Marcel Duchamp and Mary Reynolds inVillefranche, France.1929Alexander Calder"Mary Reynolds with Her Cats"1955Marcel DuchampBookplate designed by Marcel for the Mary Reynolds Collection.c. 1950s (?)Mary Reynolds"The Knowledge of God or the Creation of Man"by Jean Pierre BrissetBufo Toad skin covern.d.Mary Reynolds"A Harsh Winter"by Raymond QueneauGoatskin with broken thermometer1939Mary Reynolds"The Free Hands"Drawings by Man Ray, poems by Paul EluardGoatskin and kid gloves1937Mary Reynolds"Ubu Cocu Restored to its Integrity as it was Presented by the Puppets of the Theater Des Phyances"by Alfred JarryGoatskin and calf skin1944Mary Reynolds"Hebdomeros"By Giorgio de ChiricoGoatskin and leather1929Mary Reynolds"The Red and the White [Lucien Leuwen]"by StendhalGoatskin and vellum1929Mary Reynolds and Marcel Duchamp"King Ubu: Play in Five Acts"by Alfred JarryGoatskin and various leathers1921Mary Reynolds"Mental Hospital"by Jean CocteauGoatskin and vellum1926Mary Reynolds"Saint Glinglin"Goatskin with broken pottery cup handle1948
All images from:'Mary Reynolds and the Spirit of Surrealism"The Art Institute of ChicagoMuseum StudiesVolume 22, No.21996