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Man Ray - Lee Miller Eye
Identifier
016604
Type of Spiritual Experience
Background
A description of the experience
After Lee Miller left, a heart broken Man Ray used this cut out photo of Millers eye in a artwork called Object of Destruction. “with the eye always in reserve
Material indestructible…..
Forever being put away
Taken for a ride….
Put on the spot..
The racket must go on..
I am always in reserve.
Ray perceived himself as a victim of the couples separation, and held out hope that they would one day reunite. This work embodied his memories of Miller which could not be shattered.