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Armory Show The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was a show organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of ...

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, had settled in Tiffin in 1851. After graduating from the

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, followed by a degree in international relations from

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, Quinn became a successful New York lawyer, getting involved in New York’s

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politics, but when his candidate did not get the nomination at the

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he became disgusted with the whole system and became an art patron, art collector, and collector of manuscripts. By 1910, Quinn’s tastes in art had become more worldly. Naturalistic portraits and loosely painted landscapes by English and Irish artists were only the foundation of his collection. As the second decade of the 20th-century began, his interests shifted across the English Channel to works by Manet, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes. He began to buy traditional paintings, drawings, sculpture and decorative art from China and Japan. His French adviser for Post-Impressionist art was Henri-Pierre Roche, who later wrote the novel ''Jules et Jim''. Quinn and Roche worked together to develop the famous 1913

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. Quinn was a principal supporter and purchaser of manuscripts of novelist Joseph Conrad during his lifetime. He met Irish poet W. B. Yeats in 1902 and became a major supporter, helping him found the

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According to author Richard Spence, Quinn was a supporter of the Irish nationalist cause and associated with figures such as

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and

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, although he had reportedly worked for

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services before, during, and after World War I. In this role he acted as case officer for, among others,

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, who was an

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posing as an

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in order to infiltrate anti-British groups of Irish and Germans in the United States. In the early 1920s Quinn represented Margaret Anderson and Jane Heap for their publication in ''

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'' of serial portions of

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's '' Ulysses'', which the U.S. Post Office had found "obscene".

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, "Book Review: To 'Deprave and Corrupt': ''

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''", 38 N.Y.L. Sch. L. Rev. 401 (1993); ''The Nation'', v.254, 898 (1992) Quinn was a friend of American poet Ezra Pound. Quinn gave financial assistance to Pound and T.S. Eliot, and helped Eliot to negotiate contracts with U.S. publishers. In gratitude, Eliot sent Quinn the original manuscript of ''

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'' in 1923, containing editorial suggestions by Pound and Vivienne Eliot written on the drafts. ''The Waste Land'' manuscript was presumed lost for many years. It was rediscovered in 1968 in the Berg Collection of the New York Public Library, which had purchased some of Quinn's manuscripts in 1958. Rediscovery of ''The Waste Land'' manuscript was announced in conjunction with the publication of Benjamin Lawrence Reid's biography, ''The Man from New York: John Quinn and His Friends'' in 1968.

Art promotion

In 1913, he convinced the

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to overturn the 1909

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, which retained the duty on foreign works of art less than 20 years old, discouraging Americans from collecting modern European art. A huge and controversial event, the 1913

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(officially The International Exhibition of Modern Art) in New York City included examples of

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,

Post-Impressionism Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction a ...

,

Neo-Impressionism Neo-Impressionism is a term coined by French art critic Félix Fénéon in 1886 to describe an art movement founded by Georges Seurat. Seurat's most renowned masterpiece, '' A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte'', marked the beginn ...

, and Cubism. Quinn opened the exhibition with the words: In 1913 Quinn represented Margaret Kieley in a $2,000,000 legal contest over the Last Will and Testament of her husband Timothy J. Kieley's estate. Margaret prevailed because her husband's nephews and nieces could not produce vital witnesses and defaulted.

Estate sale

Quinn died at age 54 of intestinal cancer and was buried by his family in his native Fostoria. Believing no American museum would appreciate his collection of modern art and wanting to provide for his sister, Julia Quinn Anderson, he wrote a will in 1918 directing that the collection be liquidated upon his death. In 1927, an exhibition and sale of Quinn's art collection took place in New York City. The event included works by

Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, and sculptur ...

, André Derain,

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,

Robert Delaunay Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstra ...

,

Jacques Villon Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and Abstract art, abstract painter and printmaker. Early life Born Émile Méry Frédéric Gaston Duchamp in Damville, Eure, Damville, Eure, ...

,

Albert Gleizes Albert Gleizes (; 8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris. Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger wrote the first major treatise on ...

,

Jean Metzinger Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism. His earliest works, from 1 ...

,

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,

Marie Laurencin Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or. Biography Laurencin was born in Paris ...

, Constantin Brâncuși, and

Raymond Duchamp-Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon (5 November 1876 – 9 October 1918) was a French sculptor. Life and art Duchamp-Villon was born Pierre-Maurice-Raymond Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Normandy region of France, the second son of Eugène and Lucie Ducha ...

, in addition to American artists Arthur B. Davies,

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Marsden Hartley Marsden Hartley (January 4, 1877 – September 2, 1943) was an American Modernist painter, poet, and essayist. Hartley developed his painting abilities by observing Cubist artists in Paris and Berlin. Early life and education Hartley was born ...

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Stanton Macdonald-Wright Stanton Macdonald-Wright (July 8, 1890 – August 22, 1973), was a modern American artist. He was a co-founder of Synchromism, an early abstract, color-based mode of painting, which was the first American avant-garde art movement to receive inte ...

, and Max Weber. The sale was conducted by Otto Bernet and Hiram H. Parke at the American Art Galleries. A catalog was published for the occasion by the

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.''Paintings and sculptures, The renowned collection of modern and ultra-modern art formed by the late John Quinn
', Exhibition and sale at the American Art Galleries, Sale conducted by Bernet and Parke, Published by American Art Association, New York, 1927.

Works from Quinn's collection

File:Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait, c. 1887, oil on canvas, 15 ¾ by 13 ⅜ inches. Wadsworth Athenaeum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut.jpg,

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who posthumously became one of the most famous and influential figures in Western art history. In a decade, he created about 2,100 artworks, inc ...

, 1887, Self-Portrait, oil on canvas, 41 × 33.5 cm, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT File:Georges Seurat 047.jpg,

Georges Seurat Georges Pierre Seurat ( , , ; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough su ...

, 1888, ''Les Poseuses, ensemble'', oil on canvas, 39.4 × 48.7 cm, Henry P. McIlhenny Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art File:Georges Seurat 021.jpg,

Georges Seurat Georges Pierre Seurat ( , , ; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough su ...

, 1889–90, ''Jeune femme se poudrant'' (''La Poudreuse''), oil on canvas, 94.2 × 79.5 cm,

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, London File:Georges Seurat, 1891, Le Cirque (The Circus), oil on canvas, 185 x 152 cm, Musée d'Orsay.jpg,

Georges Seurat Georges Pierre Seurat ( , , ; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough su ...

, 1891, ''Le Cirque'' (''The Circus''), oil on canvas, 185 x 152 cm, Musée d'Orsay, Paris File:Henri Rousseau 010.jpg,

Henri Rousseau Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910)
at the The Sleeping Gypsy ''The Sleeping Gypsy'' (French: ''La Bohémienne endormie'') is an 1897 oil painting by French Naïve artist Henri Rousseau (1844–1910). It is a fantastical depiction of a lion musing over a sleeping woman on a moonlit night. Rousseau first ...

'', oil on canvas, 130 × 201 cm,

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, New York File:16 sep 13 redon.jpg, Odilon Redon, c.1905, ''Initiation study: two young ladies'', oil on canvas, 93 x 65 cm,

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Henri Matisse Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, and sculptur ...

, 1907, '' Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra)'', oil on canvas, 92.1 x 140.3 cm,

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. This painting created an international sensation at the 1913

Armory Show The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was a show organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of ...

in New York City File:Henri Rousseau - Fight Between a Tiger and a Buffalo.jpg,

Henri Rousseau Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (; 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910)
at the Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, located in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian ...

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Robert Delaunay Robert Delaunay (12 April 1885 – 25 October 1941) was a French artist who, with his wife Sonia Delaunay and others, co-founded the Orphism art movement, noted for its use of strong colours and geometric shapes. His later works were more abstra ...

, 1909, ''Saint-Séverin no.2'', oil on canvas, 99.37 x 73.9 cm,

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Raymond Duchamp-Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon (5 November 1876 – 9 October 1918) was a French sculptor. Life and art Duchamp-Villon was born Pierre-Maurice-Raymond Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Normandy region of France, the second son of Eugène and Lucie Ducha ...

, 1910–11, ''Torse de jeune homme (Torso of a young man)'', terracotta, 60.4 cm, Armory Show postcard, published 1913.

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,

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, Washington, D.C. File:Marcel Duchamp, 1910, Joueur d'échecs (The Chess Game), oil on canvas, 114 x 146.5 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art.jpg,

Marcel Duchamp Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp (, , ; 28 July 1887 – 2 October 1968) was a French painter, sculptor, chess player, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. Duchamp is commonly regarded, along with Pablo Picasso ...

, 1910, ''Joueur d'échecs'' (''The Chess Game''), oil on canvas, 114 x 146.5 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art File:Pablo Picasso, 1910, Portrait of Wilhelm Uhde, oil on canvas, 81 x 60 cm, Joseph Pulitzer Collection.jpg,

Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

, 1910, ''Portrait of Wilhelm Uhde'', oil on canvas, 81 x 60 cm, Joseph Pulitzer Collection File:Violin and Candlestick.jpg, Georges Braque, 1910, ''Violin and Candlestick'', oil on canvas, 60.96 x 50.17 cm,

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File:Raymond Duchamp-Villon, 1911, Baudelaire, reproduced in Les Peintres Cubistes, 1913.jpg,

Raymond Duchamp-Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon (5 November 1876 – 9 October 1918) was a French sculptor. Life and art Duchamp-Villon was born Pierre-Maurice-Raymond Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Normandy region of France, the second son of Eugène and Lucie Ducha ...

, 1911, ''Baudelaire'' File:Metzinger cycle track.jpg,

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, 1912, '' At the Cycle-Race Track (Au Vélodrome)'', oil and sand on canvas, 130.4 x 97.1 cm, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation,

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, Venice File:Jacques Villon, 1912, Girl at the Piano, oil on canvas, 129.2 x 96.4 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York...jpg,

Jacques Villon Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and Abstract art, abstract painter and printmaker. Early life Born Émile Méry Frédéric Gaston Duchamp in Damville, Eure, Damville, Eure, ...

, 1912, ''Girl at the Piano (Fillette au piano)'', oil on canvas, 129.2 x 96.4 cm, oval,

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, New York. Exhibited at the 1913

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, New York, Chicago and Boston. Purchased from the Armory Show by John Quinn File:Juan Gris - Man in a Café.jpg,

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, 1912, ''Man in a Café'', oil on canvas, 127.6 x 88.3 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Reproduced in ''

The Cubist Painters, Aesthetic Meditations ''Les Peintres Cubistes, Méditations Esthétiques'' (English, ''The Cubist Painters, Aesthetic Meditations''), is a book written by Guillaume Apollinaire between 1905 and 1912, published in 1913. This was the third major text on Cubism; following ...

'', by

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File:Constantin Brancusi, Portrait of Mlle Pogany, 1912, Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, Philadelphia..jpg, Constantin Brâncuși, 1912, ''Portrait of Mlle Pogany'', Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia.

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postcard File:Constantine Brancusi, Une Muse, 1912, plaster, 45.7 cm (18 in.). Armory Show postcard.jpg, Constantin Brâncuși, 1912, ''Une Muse'', plaster, 45.7 cm,

Armory Show The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was a show organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of ...

postcard. Exhibited: New York, Armory of the 69th Infantry (no. 618); The Art Institute of Chicago (no. 26) and Boston, Copley Hall (no. 8), International Exhibition of Modern Art, February–May 1913 File:Albert Gleizes, l'Homme au Balcon, 1912, oil on canvas, 195.6 x 114.9 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art.jpg,

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, 1912, '' l'Homme au Balcon, Man on a Balcony (Portrait of Dr. Théo Morinaud)'', oil on canvas, 195.6 x 114.9 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art. Completed the year Gleizes co-authored ''

Du "Cubisme" ''Du "Cubisme"'', also written ''Du Cubisme'', or ''Du « Cubisme »'' (and in English, ''On Cubism'' or ''Cubism''), is a book written in 1912 by Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger. This was the first major text on Cubism, predating ''The Cubist P ...

'' with Metzinger. Exhibited at the

Armory show The 1913 Armory Show, also known as the International Exhibition of Modern Art, was a show organized by the Association of American Painters and Sculptors in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in America, as well as one of ...

, New York, Chicago, Boston, 1913 File:André Derain, 1912, Window on the Park (La Fênetre sur le parc), 130.8 x 89.5 cm (51.5 x 35.25 in), Museum of Modern Art, NY.jpg, André Derain, 1912, ''Window on the Park'' (''La Fênetre sur le parc''), 130.8 x 89.5 cm,

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

, New York File:Jacques Villon, 1914, Portrait de M. J. B. peintre (Jacques Bon), oil on canvas, 121.92 x 81.28 cm, Columbus Museum of Art.jpg,

Jacques Villon Jacques Villon (July 31, 1875 – June 9, 1963), also known as Gaston Duchamp, was a French Cubist and Abstract art, abstract painter and printmaker. Early life Born Émile Méry Frédéric Gaston Duchamp in Damville, Eure, Damville, Eure, ...

, 1914, ''Portrait de M. J. B. peintre'' (''Jacques Bon''), oil on canvas, 121.92 x 81.28 cm,

Columbus Museum of Art The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (its name until 1978), it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. The museum collect ...

File:Raymond Duchamp-Villon, 1914, Femme assise, plaster, 65.5 cm (25.75 in), photograph by Duchamp-Villon.jpg,

Raymond Duchamp-Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon (5 November 1876 – 9 October 1918) was a French sculptor. Life and art Duchamp-Villon was born Pierre-Maurice-Raymond Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Normandy region of France, the second son of Eugène and Lucie Ducha ...

, 1914, ''Femme assise'', plaster, 65.5 cm, photograph by Duchamp-Villon File:Albert Gleizes, 1914-15, Portrait of an Army Doctor (Portrait d'un médecin militaire), oil on canvas, 119.8 x 95.1 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.jpg, Albert Gleizes, 1914–15, '' Portrait of an Army Doctor (Portrait d'un médecin militaire)'', oil on canvas, 119.8 x 95.1 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum File:Albert Gleizes, 1915, Brooklyn Bridge, oil and gouache on canvas, 102 x 102 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.jpg, Albert Gleizes, 1915, '' Brooklyn Bridge (Pont de Brooklyn)'', oil and gouache on canvas, 102 x 102 cm, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York File:Jean Metzinger, 1916, Femme au miroir (Femme à sa toilette, Lady at her Dressing Table), oil on canvas, 92.4 x 65.1 cm, private collection.jpg,

Jean Metzinger Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism. His earliest works, from 1 ...

, 1916, '' Femme au miroir (Femme à sa toilette, Lady at her Dressing Table)'', oil on canvas, 92.4 x 65.1 cm, private collection File:Rooster (Gallic Cock) by Raymond Duchamp-Villon, 1916, Cleveland Museum of Art.JPG,

Raymond Duchamp-Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon (5 November 1876 – 9 October 1918) was a French sculptor. Life and art Duchamp-Villon was born Pierre-Maurice-Raymond Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Normandy region of France, the second son of Eugène and Lucie Ducha ...

, 1916, ''Rooster'' (''Gallic Cock''), painted bronze,

Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, located in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian ...

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Pablo Picasso Pablo Ruiz Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and Scenic design, theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th ce ...

, 1918, ''Arlequin au violon'' (''Harlequin with Violin''), oil on canvas, 142 x 100.3 cm,

Cleveland Museum of Art The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in Cleveland, Ohio, located in the Wade Park District, in the University Circle neighborhood on the city's east side. Internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian ...

File:Pablo Picasso, 1919, Paysage (Landscape with Dead and Live Trees), oil on canvas, 49.4 x 65.4 cm, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokio.jpg, Pablo Picasso, 1919, ''Paysage'' (''Landscape with Dead and Live Trees''), oil on canvas, 49.4 x 65.4 cm, Bridgestone Museum of Art, Tokyo

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John Quinn papers, 1901-1926
held by the Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library
''John Quinn, 1870-1925: collection of paintings, water colors, drawings and sculpture'', Pidgeon Hill Press, 1926 (full text online)Judith Zilczer, ''John Quinn and Modern Art Collectors in America, 1913-1924'', The American Art Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Winter, 1982), Kennedy Galleries, Inc., pp. 56-71''The Library of John Quinn'', complete catalogue of the library of John Quinn: sold by auction in five parts, New York: Anderson Galleries (full text online)
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