Permanent Attraction

Man Ray & Chess: Dada & Surrealist Chess Art

Larry List, Francis M. Naumann

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Hirmer Verlag
24 July 2025

History of Art & Design Styles; Chess

Authorised by The Man Ray Trust, Permanent Attraction: Man Ray & Chess, is the first and only book on Man Ray's chess-themed works in all media. With experience in studio art, chess, photography, cartography, prototyping and scholarly research, the author offers a comprehensive interpretation of when, how, and why Man Ray created these timeless works.

Man Ray's chess set designs are as sought after as his innovative photography, collected by everyone from the Maharajah of Indore to Igor Stravinsky, Artie Shaw and David Bowie. Today, Man Ray's chess-themed works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, Centre Georges Pompidou, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and numerous other institutions, as well as being highly prized by private collectors the world over.

Foreword by: Francis M. Naumann
Edited by: Larry List
Imprint: Hirmer Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 204mm,
ISBN: 9783777444475
ISBN 10: 3777444472
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 24 July 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Larry List is an independent writer and curator of Dada, Surreal and chess-related art. His exhibitions include The Imagery of Chess Revisited, The Art of Chess, Man Ray & Sherrie Levine, and John Cage & Glenn Kaino. He has written catalogue essays for the Noguchi Museum, the Menil Collection, the Tate Modern, the Andy Warhol Museum, and many others.