Author: Brown, Milton, et al.
Title: 1913 Armory Show 50th Anniversary Exhibition
Description: Utica, NY, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1963. Softcover. White wraps with color illustrations/lettering on front cover, 212 pp. 16 color, 261 bw repros. Text by Milton Brown, statements by Duchamp, Archipenko, Zorach, Davis, Sheeler, et al. Includes source material from the original exhibition. Profusely illustrated, an excellent reference. Anniversary exhibition sponsored by the Henry Street Settlement, New York, and held in Utica, NY, Feb.- April 1963 and in one other location. Reconstruction of the Armory show (International exhibition of modern art, organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors) to be exhibited at the institute Feb. 17-Mar. 31 and at the Armory of the 69th Regiment, New York, Apr. 6-28, 1963. Contents as follows: Foreword / Edward H. Dwight -- Acknowledgments / Joseph S. Trovato -- Lenders to the 50th anniversary exhibition -- Sponsors for the 50th anniversary exhibition -- Henry Street Settlement Creative Arts Center -- Illustrations. Color ; European artists ; American artists ; Works included in the 1913 exhibition whose present owners are unknown -- Articles and memorabilia. The Armory Show in retrospect / Milton Brown 1963 ; Statements by artists 1963 ; Preface to the catalog for the International Exhibition of Modern Art, 1913 ; Members of the Association of American Painters and Sculptors, 1913 ; A letter from Walt Kuhn to Walter Pach, 1912 ; A layman's views of an art exhibition / Theodore Roosevelt, The Outlook, March 22, 1913 ; The Cubist room for and against / Walter Pach 1913 ; The 'modern' spirit in art / Kenyon Cox, Harper's weekly, March 15, 1913 ; Letting in the light / Frederick James Gregg, Harper's weekly, February 15, 1913 ; The 'expert and downright' criticism of 1913 / Edward W. Root ; Photographs and cartoons from the period of the 1913 exhibition ; Catalogue listing. VG-, some age toning to the extremities and foxing spots on the text block.

Keywords: American Painting; Excat; Armory Show; Excat; Modern Art ; Armory Show ; Excat ; Armory Show Museum Exhibitions - American Art


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