Rayograph

…In 1921, he went to Paris for the first time and, together with painters and poets, he joined the Paris Dada movement and then the Surrealist movement. In Paris, he produced objects and paintings and participated in many exhibitions. He was also the first to attempt rayographs, which involve placing various solid objects directly on photographic paper and exposing them to light (Collection of Works, Sweet Places, 1922), published books in collaboration with poets such as P. Éluard (for example, Free Hands, 1937), and produced films (Return to Reason, 1923; Emak Bakia, 1926; Man, 1928). After the outbreak of World War II, he fled Paris just before the Nazi occupation and returned to the United States, living in Hollywood, but since 1951 he has lived in Paris again. …

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…21年初めてパリに行き，画家や詩人とともに〈パリ･ダダ〉，さらにシュルレアリスムの活動に加わる。パリではオブジェ作品や絵を制作して多くの展覧会に参加したほか，印画紙の上にいろいろな立体を直接置いて感光させる〈レイヨグラフrayographe〉を初めて試み(作品集《甘美なる場》1922)，P.エリュアールら詩人との共作の書物(たとえば1937年の《自由な手》)を刊行，また映画(1923年《理性への回帰》，1926年《エマク･バキアEmak Bakia》，1928年《ひとで》)も制作した。第2次世界大戦が起こりナチ占領直前のパリを逃れてアメリカに戻り，ハリウッドに住むが，51年以降ふたたびパリに居を構えた。…

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