Man Ray

Woman Asleep
1913

A painting depicting a person sleeping peacefully, with their head resting on a pillow and covered by a yellow blanket. The background is abstract with muted colors, and the signature "Man Ray 1931" is visible in the bottom left corner.

A painting depicting a person sleeping peacefully, with their head resting on a pillow and covered by a yellow blanket. The background is abstract with muted colors, and the signature "Man Ray 1931" is visible in the bottom left corner.

Not on view

Date
1913

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 12 1/16 × 16in. (30.6 × 40.6 cm)

Accession number
33.30

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase

Rights and reproductions
© Man Ray Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris

API
artworks/934

Exhibitions

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

Man Ray
24 works in the collection

View artist