1913 armory show
(international exhibition of modern art)
Armory Show (International Art Show), Poster, 1913
Original color screenprint and letterpress poster for the 1913 International Exhibition of Modern Art, also known as The Armory Show, Official poster announced the first venue of the three-city Armory Show tour in New York from February 15 to March 15, 1913.
20-3/8 x 14-1/8 in.
Note:
The Armory Show is credited with ushering in a new era in art and introducing Americans to Impressionism, Neo- and Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Fauvism, Cubism and modern sculpture. The exhibition included paintings by European modernist artists like Degas, Van Gogh, Picasso, Matisse, and Gaugin. The uprooted pine tree image on the poster, also used for the cover of the exhibition catalogue, was derived from the Massachusetts Revolutionary-era battle flag, "proclaiming liberation from the art of the past" (Ref. Shapiro, p. 135).
Condition:
Excellent- slight age toning (see pics)
Provenance:
Private Collection, NY
Hemphill Collection, Miami