A proponent of the Surrealist and Dada movements, Man Ray would build a prolific body of work as an artist and photographer. Inspired by Ingres’s La Grande Baigneuse, Man Ray photographed Alice Ernestine Prin, better known as Kiki de Montparnasse, a social fixture of the bohemian culture of Paris in the 20s (who also inspired the contemporary lingerie brand of the same name), in his widely-known photograph Le Violon d’Ingres, 1924. Placing violon scrolls on the waist of Kiki de Montparnasse, Man Ray spoke of a literal objectification of the female form, likening her curves to that of a violin’s. For his F/W 2011 show, Jean Charles de Castelbajac looked to Man Ray, printing the famous silhouette onto jewel-toned dresses.