1913 Armory Show: The Story in Primary Sources

Archives of American Art

The Smithsonian's Archives of American Art commemorates the centennial of the International Exhibition of Modern Art, known as the 1913 Armory Show--the first major exhibition of European modern art in the U.S.

James McNeill Whistler to Frederick H. Allen

Andrew Michael Dasburg postcard to Grace Mott Johnson

Association of American Painters and Sculptors meeting minutes

J. Alden Weir letter to Henry Fitch Taylor

Armory Show floor plan

List written by Pablo Picasso of European artists to be included in the 1913 Armory Show

Walt Kuhn letter to Walter Pach

Walt Kuhn, New York, N.Y. letter to Vera Kuhn

Association of American Painters and Sculptors statement on the Armory Show

Armory show entry form for Marcel Duchamp's painting Nude descending a staircase

An overhead installation view of Gallery A at the Armory Show

Installation view of Gallery A in the Armory Show

Invitation to the opening of the Armory Show

Catalogue of the International Exhibition of Modern Art in New York

Armory show button and lapel pin

Armory Show postcard with reproduction of Marcel Duchamp's painting Nude Descending a Staircase

Announcement card for materials on sale at the Armory Show

Armory Show beefsteak dinner menu signed by guests

F. Luis Mora pocket diary

Walt Kuhn scrapbook of press clippings documenting the Armory Show, vol. 2

For and against: views on the international exhibition held in New York and Chicago

Association of American Painters and Sculptors Domestic Art Committee record book

Two photographs of Elmer L. MacRae

Walt Kuhn holding palette and paintbrushes

Arthur B. Davies

Armory Show artists and members of the press at the beefsteak dinner given by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors

Poster for the Armory Show 50th anniversary exhibition

Arthur B. Davies letter to Walter Pach

Walter Pach notebook

Walter Pach notebook recording sales at the New York Armory Show

Walter Pach

Walt Kuhn postcard to Vera Kuhn

Arthur B. Davies letter to Walt Kuhn

Arthur B. (Arthur Bowen) Davies letter to Walt Kuhn

Walt Kuhn list of works by Matisse and Picasso for the Armory Show

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