As much as I've loved and shared beautiful French stamps here in the past, I just couldn't resist sharing this new issue here in the states of Modern Art in America-1913-1931. Two of my favorites: Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp are included. A quote from Duchamp sets the stage: "America is the country of the art of the future."
The back of the sheet shares information about each of the artists and mentions how "After the International Exhibition of Modern Art, known as the Armory Show, opened in New York on February 17, 1913, the work of Marcel Duchamp and other European artists greatly influenced their American counterparts. Like Duchamp, who became a U.S. citizen, modern art soon found a congenial home in America."
Having just finished the Man Ray Biography by Neil Baldwin; seeing Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp together on this sheet of stamps meant more to me than just a statement of Modern Art in America. I see it as an homage to two great artists, surrealists and wonderful friends.
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