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A Selection of Works by Twentieth Century Artists

June 20 – August 20, 1934

 
 
Hans Arp
Relief
Painted Wood, White
Born 1887, Strassbourg
Courtesy of Mr. Alexader Calder, Roxbury, Connecticut
 
Hans Arp
Relief 1920
Painted Wood, Plychrome
Courtesy of The Societe Anonyme, New York

Reproduced: "Cahiers D'Art,"1930, p.8
 
Constantin Brancusi
"Flight of the Bird" 1919
Polished Brass
38' (cement base 9", wood pedestal 39", in rectangles, contrasting with rounded forms of brass figure)
Born 1876, Roumania
Courtesy of Collection of the Arts Club, Chicago

In Brancusi Exhibit at the Brummer Gallery, New York, and at the Arts Club, Chicago, in 1926, see "The Arts," "Brancusi,"1926, p. 143.
 
Constantin Brancusi
"Sleeping Muse" 1909
Bronze 10"
Courtesy of The Art Institute, Chicago Arthur J. Eddy Memorial

Shown at the exhibition of French Art at the Armory, New York, and the Art Institute, chicago, 1912.
 
Constantin Brancusi
"Sleeping Muse" 1909
Alabaster
12"
Courtesy of Miss Alice Roullier, Chicago

From the John Quinn Collection shown at the Art Centre, New York, January, 1926 (see catalogue edited by Forbes Watson, published by the Pidgeon Hill Press).
 
Georges Braque
Still Life 1914
Oil on Canvas
25"x36"
Born 1881, Argenteuil, S. Et O., France
Courtesy of Cornelius Sullivan, New York

Reproduced in "Cahiers D'Art," Braque number, 1933.
 
Georges Braque
Still Life 1924
Oil on Canvas
25 1/2"x30"
Courtesy of Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan, New York
 
Georges Braque
Still Life 1924
Oil on Canvas
9"x30"
Courtesy of Knoedler & Co., New York
 
Alexander Calder
Object with Red Disks 1931
Wire, etc.
Born 1898, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Courtesy of The Artist

Reproduced: Anatole Jakovski, "Six Essays," Paris, 1933
 
Alexander Calder
Object with Red Ball 1931
Wire, Wood, etc.
Courtesy of The Artist

Reproduced: "Cahiers D'Art," 1933, p. 244.
 
Juan Gris
Still Life 1916
Oil on Canvas
32"x28"
Born Madrid, Spain, 1887; died Boulogne-sub-seine, France,1927
Courtesy of Miss Katherine Dreier, West Redding, Connecticut

Reproduced: "Cahiers D'Art," 1933, p. 193.
 
Juan Gris
Still Life 1916
Oil on Canvas
29"x23 3/4"
Courtesy of Mr. Alanson Hartpence, New York
 
Juan Gris
Still Life 1923
Oil on Canvas
36 1/4"x28 1/2"
Courtesy of The Marie Harriman Gallery, New York
 
Jean Helion
Composition 1933
Oil on Canvas
39 1/2"x32"
Born 1904, Couterne (Orne), France
Courtesy of Alexander Calder
 
Jean Helion
Composition 1933
Oil on Canvas
28 1/2"x23 1/2"
Courtesy of The John Becker Gallery, New York

Reproduced: Anatole Jakovoski, "Six Essays," Paris, 1933, and Herbert Read, "Art Now," Faber & Faber, London, 1933.
 
Jean Helion
Composition 1933
Oil on Canvas
25 1/2"x32"
Courtesy of The John Becker Gallery, New York
 
Fernand Leger
Composition 1925
Oil on Canvas
51 5/8"x38 3/4"
Born 1881, Argentan (Orne), France
Courtesy of Private Collection, New York

Reproduced: "Cahiers D'Art," 1927, p. 98, "Cahiers D'Art," 1933, Leger Number E. Teriade, "Fernand Leger," Paris
 
Fernand Leger
Composition 1925
Oil on Canvas
51 1/2"x38 3/4"
Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Guggenheim, New York

Reproduced: "Bulletin de L'Effort Moderne," No. 25, Paris, May, 1926. "Selection," No. 5, p. 43. E. Teriade, "Fernand Leger," Paris.
 
Fernand Leger
Composition 1926
Oil on Canvas
57 1/2"x38 1/2"
Courtesy of Private Collection, New York

Reproduced: "L'Amour de L'Art," Paris "Cahiers D'Art," Leger Number, 1933 E.. Teriade, "Fernand Leger," Paris.
 
Joan Miro
Composition 1933
Oil on Canvas
57 3/4"x 45 1/8"
Born 1893, Montroig, Spain
Courtesy of The Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York

Reproduced: "Cahiers D'Art," 1934, p. 54.
 
Joan Miro
Composition 1933
Oil on Canvas
57 3/4"x45 1/8"
Courtesy of Mr. Alexander Calder, Roxbury, Connecticut
 
Piet Mondrian
Composition 1929
Oil on Canvas
22"x21 1/2"
Born 1872, Amersfoort, Holland
Courtesy of The Artist
 
Piet Mondrian
Composition 1933
Oil on Canvas
16 1/4"x13"
Courtesy of Mr. Sidney Janowitz, New York
 
Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Still Life
1927-1928
Oil on Canvas
90 1/2"x59"
Courtesy of Collection of the Valentine Gallery, New York
 
Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Metamorphose
May 13, 1929
Oil on Canvas
36 3/8"x28 7/8"
Courtesy of Mr. Paul Rosenberg, Paris

Reproduced: "Cahiers D'Art," 1929, p. 243; Eugenio D'Ors, "Picasso," plate 44; James J. Sweeney, "Plastic Redirection in 20th Century Painting," The Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, 1934.
 
Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Composition
February 1, 1930
Oil on Canvas
26"x19 1/2"
Courtesy of The Valentine Gallery, New York
 
Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Still Life with guitar
1927-1929
Oil on Canvas
51"x38"
Courtesy of Mr. and Mrs. W. Averill Harriman, New York

Reproduced: First state, "Cahiers D'Art," 1927, p. 189. Second state, "Cahiers D'Art," 1929, p. 449., "Cahiers D'Art," 1930, p. 294.
 

   
   
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