Arcana:

(MAN RAY). Baum, Timothy, G. Ray Hawkins, David Fahey, Man Ray & Juliet Man Ray. Los Angeles: G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Inc., 1986. First Edition 1/1985. Square 8vo. Loose Contents in a Box. Photography Monograph. Fine/No Jacket - As Issued. 15 individual components housed in a cardboard box with pastedowns. Designed by Sandy Iwataki and G. Ray Hawkins. This is an exceedingly elaborate Man Ray item published in conjunction with the tenth anniversary exhibition of Los Angeles' G. Ray Hawkins Gallery. The show itself was an elaborate homage to Man Ray, and his special relationship with the city he called home for several years after the Second World War. It consisted of one hundred and eighty-two photographs, paintings, drawings, objects, and graphics. This catalogue cum object contains fifteen loose elements, each unique to this publication. They are (a): title page, colophon, "Dada Manifesto" by Man Ray, printed envelope containing "A Sealed Object of Appreciation", "The Unfolding Interview" between Juliet Man Ray and David Fahey, letter from Timothy Baum, lapel button reproducing a Man Ray photographic self portrait, perforated sheet of forty-nine "Cafe Man Ray" gummed stamps - with images of artworks on them, two "Cafe Man Ray" paper match boxes, "This is Cafe Man Ray" - a large matchbook-type cover containing a silver contact print of the installed exhibition, checklist of the gallery's first ten years of activity, exhibition checklist, and an acknowledgements page. These are all housed in the publisher's black, velvet-lined cardboard box with three printed pastedowns, as issued. A brand new, most handsome example of this elaborately designed and produced document. Inventory Number: 012155