Man Ray’s Électricité, 1931. The complete portfolio of ten photogravures of Rayographs by the artist, printed in Paris. This example is one of the numbered editions of 500, numbered on the colophon. In the original cardboard portfolio case, and with a personal printed gift card.

The portfolio was commissioned by the French power company, La Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d'Electricité, which they distributed to their executives and better customers as part of an effort to promote the use of electricity in French households. It comes with a text by Pierre Bost, a popular writer and journalist of the period.

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