DEUXIÈME SALON, RÉALITÉS NOUVELLES, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1947

Opening: July 21, 1947, 4 p.m.

Duration: July 21August 18, 1947

Dimensions: 9.6 x 14 cm

Fee: Vernissage/entrance 25 frs pp

Further information: Founded in 1946 and chaired (until 1953) by Fredo Sidès, the artists’ association Réalités Nouvelles replaced Abstraction-Création as the association for abstract practices in France. Its first board members included Hans Arp, Sonia Delaunay, and Albert Gleizes. Ever since, the association has held large exhibitions and salons of abstract art every year, similar to an art fair. Their website is still updated: realitesnouvelles.org

ALW

Images: Images of the invitation and all other archival documents shown on this page are part of the online collection of Archiv der Avantgarden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

Hans Arp


Here is an example of a later invitation post card for the 12th Salon of the Réalités Nouvelles ten years later.


12. SALON 1957 RÉALITÉS NOUVELLES, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris

12. Salon 1957, Réalités Nouvelles, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris (Invitation) © SKD
12. Salon 1957, Réalités Nouvelles, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris (Invitation) © SKD


THIS DOCUMENT IS AN INVITATION TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE RÉALITÉS NOUVELLES, February 9, 1948