Le Grand Transparent Mirror

Mirror designed by Man Ray, 1938. Reissued by Cassina.

Les Grands Transparents is an elliptical polished-edge mirror with its title screen-printed across the glass, so that both text and reflection become an integral part of the piece. Created through the collaboration between Man Ray and Dino Gavina, it brings a surrealist image into the domestic interior while retaining a clear relationship between graphics, perception and everyday function. The 6 mm mirrored surface is supported by a rigid polyurethane base, which gives the piece a clean and essential structure. Its elliptical form and printed surface give it a visual presence that is at once discreet and distinct.

Design: 1938
Dimensions: W 91 × D 4 × H 181 cm