1998 32c Celebrate the Century,1910s: Armory Show
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US #3183d
1998 Armory Show 1913 – Celebrate the Century (1910s)
• Part of the second sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Honors the Armory Show of 1913
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 32¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: February 3, 1998
First Day City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 188,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.6
Tagging: Block Tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the 1913 Armory Show and the impact it had on US art history and culture.
About the stamp design: Pictures an oil painting of two people enjoying an art show by artist Dennis Lyall. Includes the following text on the back “The 1913 Armory Show introduced avant-garde art to this country. The highly controversial exhibition included Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 that now hangs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Washington, DC, with legendary radio and television host Larry King as master of ceremonies.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: The Armory Show is the informal name for the International Exhibition of Modern Art held at New York City’s 69th Regiment Armory in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in the United States. The show opened in New York and then traveled to Boston and Chicago. Altogether it was attended by some 300,000 people.
The art movements developing in Europe during the early 1900s influenced many American painters. The purpose of the Armory Show was to introduce the work of “anti-academic” artists from both the US and Europe. (At the time, though, the European artists were more innovative while the American artists were mostly conventional.). The exhibition included modern movements such as postimpressionism, fauvism, and cubism.
Overall, Americans were shocked by their first look at modern art, and the Armory Show was received with widespread debate. Marcel Duchamp’s cubist painting, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, which suggests motion by blending a series of images, probably caused the greatest sensation and controversy of the exhibit.
The Armory Show introduced the US to modernism. In the decades to follow, its impact on American art would come to be accepted understood, and greatly valued.
US #3183d
1998 Armory Show 1913 – Celebrate the Century (1910s)
• Part of the second sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Honors the Armory Show of 1913
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 32¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: February 3, 1998
First Day City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 188,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.6
Tagging: Block Tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the 1913 Armory Show and the impact it had on US art history and culture.
About the stamp design: Pictures an oil painting of two people enjoying an art show by artist Dennis Lyall. Includes the following text on the back “The 1913 Armory Show introduced avant-garde art to this country. The highly controversial exhibition included Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 that now hangs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held in Washington, DC, with legendary radio and television host Larry King as master of ceremonies.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: The Armory Show is the informal name for the International Exhibition of Modern Art held at New York City’s 69th Regiment Armory in 1913. It was the first large exhibition of modern art in the United States. The show opened in New York and then traveled to Boston and Chicago. Altogether it was attended by some 300,000 people.
The art movements developing in Europe during the early 1900s influenced many American painters. The purpose of the Armory Show was to introduce the work of “anti-academic” artists from both the US and Europe. (At the time, though, the European artists were more innovative while the American artists were mostly conventional.). The exhibition included modern movements such as postimpressionism, fauvism, and cubism.
Overall, Americans were shocked by their first look at modern art, and the Armory Show was received with widespread debate. Marcel Duchamp’s cubist painting, Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2, which suggests motion by blending a series of images, probably caused the greatest sensation and controversy of the exhibit.
The Armory Show introduced the US to modernism. In the decades to follow, its impact on American art would come to be accepted understood, and greatly valued.