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Documents of the 1913 Armory Show

TABLE OF CONTENTS

For and Against: Views on the Infamous 1913 Armory Show

• The Statement, Arthur B. Davies
• The New York Exhibition, The Association of American Painters and Sculptors
• Letting in the Light, Frederick James Gregg
• Hindsight and Foresight, Walter Pach
• The New Art, Kenyon Cox
• The Great Confusion, The Chicago Evening Post
• Cubism by a Cubist, Francis Picabia
• As to Futurists
• The Cubist Room, Walter Pach
• Old and New Art, Frank Jewett Mather, Jr.
• A Layman’s Views of an Art Exhibition, Theodore Roosevelt
• The Armory Show and its Publications
• Contributors
• Further Reading

The New Spirit: Pamphlets from the Infamous 1913 Armory Show

• Noa-Noa by Paul Gauguin
• Odilon Redon by Walter Pach
• Cézanne by Élie Faure
• A Sculptor’s Architecture by Walter Pach
• Letters of a Post-Impressionist by Vincent van Gogh

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Documents of the 1913 Armory Show
The Electrifying Moment
of Modern Art’s American Debut

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Collected here are the original publications from one of the most important exhibitions in the history of American art—the 1913 Armory Show. Opening on February 17, 1913, in New York and traveling to Chicago and Boston, the Armory Show was meant to be a simple exhibition of the new abstract and cubist art coming out of Europe. What it ultimately became was a sprawling showcase of some of the most ground-breaking (and many said subversive) art America had ever seen. Sensational to crowds, controversial among critics, and inspirational for artists, the Armory Show radically changed the face of art in America.

This volume collects excerpts from Paul Gauguin's provocative Tahitian journal, Elie Faure's enthralling essay on Cezanne, a range of impassioned views both for and against the "new" art, and president Theodore Roosevelt's famous essay, "A Layman's Views of an Art Exhibition". Long out of print, these writings (which were first published in pamphlets and sold at the exhibition itself) reintroduce readers to artists and ideas as powerful today as they were nearly a century ago.

About the Paperbacks

Here, the complete texts from the 1913 Armory Show are collected in two, unique, pocket paperbacks. The first, The New Spirit, includes the four pamphlets that were originally published and sold at the New York venue along with the then translated but unpublished selection of Van Gogh's now famous letters. The second, For and Against, is it's own, standalone pamphlet which the show organizers compiled and published particularly for the Chicago and Boston venues. This extended publication marked their attempt to address the criticism the show was receiving and to better explain modern art to an often skeptical American public.

About the Hardcover Edition

Suitable for libraries and discerning collectors, the hardcover edition—which collects the complete set of 1913 Armory Show documents—has a sewn binding with full-cloth covers and a ribbon bookmark. The dust jacket is a heavy-weight paper with a scuff-resistant matte coating. The book was printed in the United States of America on FSC Mixed Sources certified, 30% PCW recycled paper, which meets the minimum requirements for ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials).