Duchamp Forever: Postal Service to Issue 'Modern Art in America' Stamps

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, better known as the Armory Show for its venue, the 69th Regiment Armory on Lexington Avenue at 25th Street in Manhattan, but not to be confused with the present-day Armory Show. The 1913 exhibition, where the Metropolitan Museum of Art snapped up Cézanne‘s 1887 “View of the Domaine Saint-Joseph,” ushered in “The New Spirit” (the show motto) for Americans who hadn’t yet caught wind of the international avant-garde scene that was then already scandalizing Europe.

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