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Why Critics Were Impressed and Spectators Amazed: Modern Art! Indeed Yes, Says the Writer
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Why Critics Were Impressed and Spectators Amazed: Modern Art! Indeed Yes, Says the Writer
Date
1934 June 11
Collection No.
WLA_B041_F006_001
Author
Lang, Harry
Creator
San Francisco Examiner
Referenced
Matisse, Henri
De Chirico, Giorgio
Picasso, Pablo
Duchamp, Marcel
ARCHIVAL LOCATION
Collection:
Arensberg Archives
series:
Clippings
File:
California Palace of the Legion of Honor. Exhibition of french painting from the fifteenth century to the present day
DESCRIPTION
Scope note

"Why Critics Were Impressed and Spectators Amazed: Modern Art! Indeed Yes, Says the Writer; 'Nude Descending the Stairs' Proves Trap for Reporter Not Versed in Painting Technique; Things Are Not What They Seem When One Visits the Picture Display at Legion of Honor" by Harry Lang. Clipping from the San Francisco Examiner.

Geographic subject
San Francisco, United States
Format
Clippings (information artifacts)
Location
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library & Archives
Related material
Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2); Mademoiselle Yvonne Landsberg; The Poet and His Muse
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
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