NY's Met Bags Major Modern Art Injection

City Life Org - The Met Announces Transformative Gift of 188 Works by the Great Innovators of Dada and Surrealism

Man Ray (American, 1890–1976). Le violon d’Ingres, 1924. Gelatin silver print. 19 1/8 × 14 3/4 in. (48.5 × 37.5 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bluff Collection, Promised Gift of John A. Pritzker. Photo by Ian Reeves. © Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2025 A promised gift…

Metropolitan Museum gifted 188 Dada and Surrealist works

The promised gift from museum trustee John Pritzker includes pieces by Man Ray, Marcel and Suzanne Duchamp, Jean Arp and others

NY's Met bags major modern art injection

NY's Met bags major modern art injection Estelle.Bronkhorst Tue, 09/09/2025 - 11:00 NEW YORK - Nearly 200 works from the Dada and Surrealist movements, including "Ingres' Violin" by Man Ray -- the world's most expensive photograph -- will join the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection.The donation of 188 works by US tycoon John Pritzker includes collages, paintings, photographs and works on paper by 37 artists including Ray, Jean Arp, Marcel …

Top 200 Collector John Pritzker Donates 188 Dada and Surrealist Artworks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art received a landmark gift of 188 works by 37 key avant-garde art figures from ARTnews Top 200 collector and Met Museum trustee John Pritzker. The Bluff Collection, as it is called, includes the likes of Man Ray, Jean Arp, Jean Crotti, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Francis Picabia, and Kurt Schwitters. It spans multiple mediums, including collages, paintings, photographs, objects, and works on paper, as well as…