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them in Europe, in Venice, London, Paris and Sheffield, then brought them home to her own gallery in New York City, where they were shown in the fall of 1921 as "The Overseas Exhibition."  Writing of this work in the introduction to the catalogue of the exhibition, she said:

"Ever since the establishment of the Whitney Gallery the idea of sending an informal group of American paintings to Europe has recurred to me. It was never my ambition to attempt a conclusive exhibition of American art in Europe, but I did want to exhibit in Europe, in a perfectly friendly way, the works of the men who have taken part in our exhibitions during the past ten years.

"To me it has always seemed a good plan for artists working in America to show their work in Europe the oftener the better.  Our sympathy to French art was not born in a day, nor is it entirely the result of study and travel abroad.  Innumerable exhibitions of French Art under a variety of auspices, have been held in this country, and the European's understanding of our art will lack the necessary sympathy until he also has the opportunity to see in Europe repeated and varied exhibitions of American art.