More Miller And Neiman Photos by Man Ray

Back in February, I made a posting about Henry Miller and his relationship with Gilbert and Margaret Neiman. In it, I posted a photograph of Henry and Margaret taken by Man Ray in 1942. I've recently come across two more photographs from this photo session.

The shot on the left [details] is simply another frame on the same roll as the previously posted image. In this one, Margaret's hand is over her head, and Ray hasn't warped the photograph for effect, as he did on the other photo.

The photograph on the right [details] is of lovely Margaret and Man Ray's wife, Juliet. The leaf design on Margaret's face is the same, so I'm assuming it's from the photo session of the same day.

Prints of these images were up for auction by Phillips de Pury & Co (of New York) in April 2006. The estimate on the left hand image was $15,000 - $25,000. The one on the right was estimated at $40,000 - $60,000 (it was signed on the back by Man Ray).

According to their auction results [PDF], neither of these prints was sold.