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Black and white photograph showing the back of a seated nude person with a wrap around their head and waist with two stylized musical notes on the middle of the person's back.

The Bluff Collection

Explore 188 works in the Bluff Collection, the promised gift of John A. Pritzker. The collection includes paintings, photographs, objects, works on paper, and documents of Dada and Surrealism by such avant-garde artists, as Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Suzanne Duchamp, Max Ernst, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, and Kurt Schwitters.
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Black and white abstract image by Man Ray. A hand silhouette interacts with circular shapes. Text reads "Man Ray: When Objects Dream." Surreal and enigmatic.
Exhibition
Man Ray: When Objects Dream
American artist Man Ray (1890–1976) was a visionary known for his radical experiments that pushed the limits of photography, painting, sculpture, and film.
An oil painting of an interior scene featuring a seated figure in a colorful chair, interacting with a small, dark horse with large rocking horse on a one back wall facing a large window with yellow drapes.
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Dada and Surrealism at The Met
Learn more about Dada and Surrealist art in The Met's collection.

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