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of its own. Many others were shown at full length with representative examples of that period, including Picasso, Derain, Braque, Brancusi and Cézanne already the old master.]

[People came in droves, the attendance was unprecedented for an Art Show, and very lively. In the first place it was surprising to see an art show in an Armory, when we had previously been accustomed to seeing poultry shows and sporting events housed there, and because it was arranged on the vast scale the Armory afforded, with screens built out from the walls, it had somewhat of the aspect of a bazaar.]

[The show aroused a variety of responses– fury, ridicule, curiosity and serious

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