MODERN ART.


Exhibitions of Paintings by French Cubists and Post Impressionists. New York: Wanamaker Gallery of Modern Decorative Arts, November 22 to December 17, [1921]. 4to (150 x 115 mm). 4 pp. Signed in type by Louis Bouche. Woodcut front cover. Light thumbsoiling. WITH: Catalogue. [New York: Wanamakers, 1921.]Double-sided printed handbill, 147 x 110 mm. Catalogue of paintings exhibited in the show.A rare memento of one of the most important exhibitions of Cubists and Post-Impressionists of the years just after World War I. Curated by artist Louis Bouche, this exhibition at Belmaison (Wanamaker's art gallery), featured seven works by Picasso, including "Arlequin," "Nature Morte," and "La Dame au Fauteuil." The exhibit also featured works by Bonnard, Braque, Derain, Dufy, Gris, Laurencin, Leger, Matisse, Modigliani, Utrillo, de Vlaminck and Vuillard. In his short introduction to the exhibit, Bouche writes, "Probably no single even in the art history of America ever created such a sensation or had such deep, and far reaching results as the famous 'Armory Show' in 1913, which introduced Cubism and the various Post-impressionisms on this side of the Atlantic ... On account of the amazing developments in the modern idea during the past few years, this present exhibition must be ranked as one of the most important since the 1913 Armory Show."