About this artwork
In 1915, Marius de Zayas (1880-1961), a Mexican artist, theorist, and gallery owner, planned a new publication called 291 after Alfred Stieglitz’s influential gallery of the same name. The magazine was inspired by de Zayas’ s discoveries in France during 1914 of Italian Futurist and French concrete poetry and typography. The focus of 291 was modem art, satire, and critism. Francis Picabia, who helped create 291, guest-edited the July-August 1915 issue exhibited here. This issue contains reproductions of five drawings by Picabia based on this theme of symbolizing individuals as machines. This print is a portrait of Alfred Stieglitz.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Francis Picabia
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Title
- 291
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality:)
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Date
- Made 1915
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Medium
- Letterpress and offset lithography on ivory wove paper
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Dimensions
- Sight: 86 × 43.5 cm (33 7/8 × 17 3/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Purchased with funds provided by Frank B. Hubachek
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Reference Number
- 1974.27
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Copyright
- © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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