"Self Portrait is the candid record of a career which began the day Man Ray left his home in Brooklyn shortly after his parents complained of the life-classes he had been conducting in his bedroom. From that day a remarkable degree of freedom has characterized both the art and the life of this man who became an internationally known painter and photographer. [...] Self Portrait, rich in anecdote and vignettes of the immortals of expatriate Paris, is superbly illustrated by thirty-six reproductions of the author's photographs and paintings. Man Ray's lively reminiscences - told with disarming candor - reveal a colorful portrait of an artist and his times." -- from inside wrappers. Printed in black-and-white.