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Society of Independent Artists was an association of American artists founded in 1916 and based in New York. Based on the French Société des Artistes Indépendants, the goal of the society was to hold annual exhibitions by avant-garde artists. Exhibitions were to be open to anyone who wanted to display their work, and shows were without juries or prizes. In order to enter, one had to pay a six-dollar membership and entry fee. Founders of the Society were Walter Arensberg, John Covert, Marcel Duchamp, Katherine Sophie Dreier, William J. Glackens, Albert Gleizes, John Marin, Walter Pach, Man Ray, Mary Rogers, John Sloan and Joseph Stella. The "First Annual Exhibition" of the society at the Grand Central Palace, New York, April 10-May 6, 1917, included more than 2,000 art works, which the catalog indicates were hung in alphabetical order by the artist's last name. Although there were entries from all over the world, they were predominantly by artists of New York and other East Coast cities.〔 (''Catalogue of the First Annual Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists'' ) 〕 Marcel Duchamp resigned as a director after the Society refused to include in the exhibition the ''Fountain'' — a readymade in the form of a urinal and signed with the pseudonym "R. Mutt." Also known to be submitted to the contest by the female artist Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. The incident pointed out that the exhibition was not truly ''open''. Following the first president, William Glackens, John Sloan was president from 1918 until his death in 1951. From 1918 to 1934 A.S. Baylinson served as secretary. ==References== * * (【引用サイトリンク】 work=Katherine Dreier and the Société Anonyme ) Essay by William Clark * 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Society of Independent Artists」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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