Glass Tears

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Glass Tears is a famous 1932 photographic artwork by Man Ray depicting a close-up of a woman's eyes with artificial glass tears, emblematic of Surrealist experimentation with emotion and illusion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf photographic artwork
alsoKnownAs Larmes de Verre NERFINISHED
Les Larmes NERFINISHED
artHistoricalSignificance emblematic of staged emotion in modern photography
iconic image of Surrealist photography
author Man Ray NERFINISHED
collection various museum and private collections
color black and white
copyrightHolder Man Ray NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
creator Man Ray NERFINISHED
depictionStyle cinematic
highly stylized
depicts artificial glass tears
close-up of a woman’s eyes
genre Surrealism
hasInfluenced contemporary art photography dealing with staged emotion
later fashion photography
hasPart false eyelashes
glass beads resembling tears
woman’s heavily made-up eyes
hasTitle Glass Tears NERFINISHED
inception 1932
influencedBy Surrealist cinema NERFINISHED
fashion photography
languageOfAlternativeTitle French
languageOfTitle English
locationOfCreation Paris NERFINISHED
mainSubject artificiality
emotion
illusion
medium gelatin silver print
movement Surrealist photography
movementCharacteristic Surrealist exploration of unconscious emotion
experimentation with photographic illusion
notableWorkOf Man Ray NERFINISHED
partOf Surrealist photography canon
technique careful studio lighting
close-up framing
staged composition
theme ambiguity of genuine versus artificial tears
fragmentation of the female body
performance of emotion
voyeurism
usedMaterial glass beads
light-sensitive emulsion
photographic paper

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Man Ray notableWork Glass Tears