Man Ray's Montparnasse

For the first 30 years of the 20th century, the streets surrounding the intersection of the blvd. du Montparnasse and the blvd. Raspail marked the center of avant-garde Europe. Here is an introduction to this small section of Paris on the Left Bank during a time of artistic ferment and experimentation, of private affairs that became public ones, and of political and social change. Man Ray, the renowned photographer documented it all. His world was filled with artists, writers, and poets, and his camera was his key, allowing him access to cafes, salons, artists' studios, and writers' homes. Illus. with Man Ray's own photos of such people as Gertrude Stein, Marcel Proust, Pablo Picasso, Peggy Guggenheim, and Marcel Duchamp, this book chronicles a legendary time and place.