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Armory Show (New York, 17.02.1913), post a postponement by Isadora Gabrielle Buffet

ABOUT OPENING. - Opening of the International exhibition of modern painting in New York last February.

the evening, there is a dense crowd, and although the room is huge
Armory Show, Gallery H, French painting and sculpture
(it's a barracks or a kind of parade ground cover where the troops exercised usual, transformed into a lounge for a month paint). Driving with sorrow, dazzling light, toilets are dazzling, ultra-necked women, covered with pearls and diamonds. Men in ultra-correct 'evening dresses "; an orchestra (almost a fanfare) plays tunes Carmen, from time to time. Honorary president, a lawyer well known in New York, will deliver the opening speech and the crowd eagerly around the interior balcony from which he speaks. All heads stand up to him, curious, attentive and young people, without exception, even those with white hair or bald heads.

He speaks in a voice very clear and vibrant: Ladies and gentlemen, this exhibition is the most impor-tant that ever was organized around the world, never or Berlin or Vienna, or Rome, have been gathered so many paintings. (Applause.) This is a record. "Never show has been organized so quickly. (Applause.) "It was spent X dollars for this exhibition. " (Repeated applause before the formidable sum.) Below are some flattering on all appreciations to the organizers. Conclusion: "And now that those who wish to learn come, look and work. (Applause. music.) Ladies and gentlemen began to circulate before the pictures, minded, full of desire and willingness to learn the mysteries of modern art, Cubism, Orphism, etc.. Etc..

GB

The Soirees de Paris, No. 19, December 1913, p. 5.

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