This is a bit out of order in terms of the original date because I just visited the 100th Anniversary of this famous exhibition this weekend. It was such a controversial exhibit that the New York Historical Society decided to bring it back century later. Once again the exhibit got much press as you can see in this link to the New York Times article. It is hard to believe today that the art was so controversial.
Here are some fun things I found on line from the original exhibit.
This has a notation that states that The Nude Descending the Staircase sold for $324.00 to
Frederick C. Torrey.
Just as we would see today there was lots of material for the cartoonists.
The publicity followed the exhibit as it traveled throughout the United States.
Interesting to see how the exhibit was set up then. The Brancusi heads in the left of the photo were under glass in the current exhibit.
Below is the entrance to the exhibit that just closed today in New York.
The art world has changed in the past 100 years and no one in 1913 could have imagined the twists, turns and controversial subject matter in art today. And now we have the "Nude Descending the Staircase" outside for all to see on the museum steps.
Hope you enjoyed this peek back into art history.
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