Société Anonyme/Dorothea Dreier, 9th EXHIBITION OF MODERN ART, New York, 1921

Societe Anonyme, Dorothea Dreier in the 9Th Exhibition, 1921 (Invitation); Archiv der Avantgarden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

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Societe Anonyme, Dorothea Dreier in the 9Th Exhibition, 1921 (Invitation); Archiv der Avantgarden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

DOROTHEA DREIER, NINTH EXHIBITION OF MODERN ART, Société Anonyme, Inc., New York, 1921

Duration: April 16–May 15, 1921

Dimensions: 15.8 x 17.1 cm

Further Information: Société Anonyme, Inc. was founded in 1920 by Katherine S. Dreier, Man Ray und Marcel Duchamp—the invitation for the first show can be seen in the box on the right. The group organized non-commercial exhibitions, lectures, concerts, and symposia. Between 1920–39, the collective organized eighty-four exhibitions.

Société Anonyme, Inc. held not only outstanding group shows featuring young international artists, but also solo exhibitions with women, which, at the time, was extremely uncommon. The invitation above announces a solo show by the painter Dorothea Dreier (born in 1870), sister of Katherine S. Dreier and who passed away in 1923—only two years after her show at the Société Anonyme, Inc..

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Further Information: An archive at the Yale University Library hosts a large collection of digitized objects from the Société Anonyme, Inc., accessible via: https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu

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.

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Also located at the Archiv der Avantgarden, you can see below the invitation to the First Exhibition of Modern Art by the Société Anonyme, Inc. in New York in 1920, featuring Van Gogh, Villon, Vogler, Stella, Schamberg, Ribemont, Picabia, Man Ray, Gris, Duchamp, Dougherty, Brancusi, Bruce. The group show opened on Friday, April 30, 1920.

Société Anonyme, Inc., *First Exhibition of Modern Art*, 1920 © SKD

As an example of how the Société Anonyme, Inc. used the same invitation design throughout their practice, as well as how internationally connected they were, you can also see below the invitation to the 13th Exhibition in 1923.

Société Anonyme, Inc., *13th Exhibition*, 1923 (Invitation) © skd

The Société Anonyme, Inc. was not only a place for exhibitions; they also had an extensive educational and pedagogical program. See below its LECTURES AND EXHIBITION schedule from 1930–31.

Société Anonyme, Inc., *Its Lectures and Exhibition*, 1930–31 (program) © SKD

Société Anonyme, Inc. also published several catalogs and small facsimiles about art theoretical subjects. Below you can see Form, published by Société Anonyme, Inc., New York (Date unknown).

"Form", published by Societe Anonyme, New York (Date Unkown) — *Form*, published by Société Anonyme, Inc., New York (Date unknown)

Expression, published by Société Anonyme, Inc., New York (Date unknown)