Legacy
Over the gallery's 13 year existence, the exhibitions held there included an impressive list of firsts in both photography and modern art:
- 1907: The first show of Autochrome prints in the United States
- 1908: The first showing of Rodin's late pencil and watercolor figure drawings
- 1908: The first exhibition of Matisse's work ever held in the United States
- 1910: The first three lithographs made by Cézanne were shown
- 1911: The first U.S. one-person exhibition of Cézanne
- 1911: The first U.S. one-person exhibition of Picasso
- 1912: The world's first exhibition of Matisse's sculpture.
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