Man Ray, le beau temps exhibition catalog

Published October 15, 2025

This is the catalog of the exhibition Man Ray, le beau temps, held from July 8 to November 19, 2023 at La Banque, musée d’Hyères, in the south of France.

The exhibition retraces Man Ray’s encounters with some of the most important artists of the 20th century, from Duchamp to Éluard and Cocteau. Set against the summers of 1936–1938 on the Côte d’Azur, it evokes friendships and romances as well as moments of bold experimentation – portraiture, color, photomontage and rayographs – always driven by the artist’s desire to transform photography into art.

Federico Parra Barrios’ Exposure (205TF), its nature resonating deeply with the artist’s own work, is the main typeface. It was chosen as a nod to the very nature of photography, to Man Ray’s rayographs – one of which was selected for the catalog’s cover – while also evoking the harsh Mediterranean sunlight that bathed his summers with Ady, Picasso and others.

Page numbers even have a circular text wrap gently repelling the surrounding text, like a radiant light or a playful hint at a sun’s silhouette.

The rest of the text is set in Walsheim (Grilli Type) by Noël Leu, for its 1930s aesthetic.

Published in 2023 by La Banque, musée d’Hyères and Éditions courtes et longues.

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