What We All Lack (Ce qui manque à nous tous) / Man Ray
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1997/1.129
- Title
- What We All Lack (Ce qui manque à nous tous)
- Artist
- Man Ray
- Artist Nationality
- American
- Artist Life Dates
- 1890 - 1976
- Medium and Support
- blown glass, clay, and wood
- Object Creation Date
- 1962
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Piedmont (region)
- Turin
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Piedmont (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Turin
- Style/Group/Movement
- conceptual
- Inscription
- Inscribed in black ink, on pipe, along length of stem: E/A ce que (sic) manque à nous tous - Man Ray 69; verso, to the r: E/A; on second (larger) pipe: ce que (sic) manque à nous tous - Man Ray 69; verso, to the r.: E/A [upside down]
- Dimensions
- 16.5 cm x 11.6 cm x 2 cm (6 1/2 in. x 4 9/16 in. x 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 20th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Mixed Media
- Primary Object Type
- assemblage
- Physical Description
- A clear glass bubble rests on the bowl of a plain white clay pipe. Along the stem of the pipe are the words, "Ce que [sic] manque à nous tous."
- Subject Matter
- Playing with the meaning attached to the pipe, a staple of Dadaist and Surrealist conceptual art, Man Ray invites us to make a story that connects the objects, the pipe and the bubble, and the title, "What We All Lack."
- Primary Keywords
- assemblages (sculpture)
- books
- bubbles
- conceptual
- pipe
- pipes (smoking equipment)
- surrealism
- Secondary Keywords
- smoking and tobacco use
- associated concepts
- constructions (sculpture)
- dynamics
- equipment
- equipment by context
- equipment for personal use
- information artifacts
- information artifacts by physical form
- information forms
- international post-1945 styles and movements
- mechanics concepts
- modern and contemporary art
- movement
- objects
- objects we use
- people and culture
- physical sciences concepts
- physics concepts
- post-1945 fine arts styles and movements
- scientific concepts
- sculpture
- sculpture by technique
- styles and periods
- styles and periods by region
- surface tension
- tools and equipment
- visual works
- visual works by medium or technique
- words
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 3167 x 2636
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 1997/1.129
- Link to this Item
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"What We All Lack (Ce qui manque à nous tous); Man Ray." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.129/1997_1_129abc.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 08, 2024.