75. # AR MAN RAY (1890-1976) Photography is not art 12 photographic reproductions and Foreword by André Breton. Paris, GLM. 1937. Booklet, in-8 format, midnight blue cover with black cover, 3 free leaves n.e.c., 12 photographs, 1 leaf. First edition. No large papers announced. Preceded by a foreword by André Breton in which he presents the photographer as "the man with the head of a magic lantern", La photographie n'est pas l'art presents twelve photographs that offer a broad spectrum of Man Ray's art: portraits, skyscrapers, animals, flowers, fashion photos... Sometimes akin to scientific photographs, sometimes almost abstract, they are all enigmatically captioned. For example, a negative of a praying mantis entitled Photographie intégrale et cent pour pour cent automatique, or a frog entitled Quand la nature fait des machines. A very important book on photography by Man Ray and André Breton. Provenance Private collection, France. Private collection, France (acquired from the latter).