until Monday September 08 2014

Centre Pompidou
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place Georges Pompidou
Paris
France

The exhibition "Man Ray, Picabia et la revue Littérature (1922-1924)" sheds light on a crucial period in the history of modern art, between the end of the Dadaist movement and the advent of Surrealism, and is based on the twenty-six covers designed by Francis Picabia for the review Littérature in the early Twenties.

Until very recently, only their printed version was known. In 2008, Francis Picabia's original drawings, fifteen of which has never been exhibited, were revealed by the 1900-2000 Gallery, to which Aube Elléouët-Breton had entrusted the works, which had been discovered in an envelope. Thanks to support from Sanofi, the sponsor for the acquisition, this set has now entered the Centre Pompidou collections, and is unveiled to the public for the first time. This exhibition also highlights the contribution of Man Ray. The American photographer had moved to Paris in 1921, and Littérature was where he first disclosed images that have become icons of photographic modernity, like Le Violon d’Ingres and Marcel Duchamp's L'Élevage de poussière. The inside pages of Littérature also contained works by Picasso, Max Ernst and Robert Desnos.