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The Art of Assemblage

4 October to 12 November 1961

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Eileen Agar
2 exhibitions
Arman
American, born France. 1928–2005
7 exhibitions
Jean (Hans) Arp
French, born Germany (Alsace). 1886–1966
81 exhibitions
Johannes Baader
German, 1875–1955
11 exhibitions
Enrico Baj
Italian, 1924–2003
2 exhibitions
John Baxter
1 exhibition
Bruce Beasley
American, born 1939
2 exhibitions
Eric Beynon
1 exhibition
Lee Bontecou
American, born 1931
21 exhibitions
Harry Bouras
American, 1931–1993
1 exhibition
Georges Braque
French, 1882–1963
104 exhibitions
Victor Brauner
Romanian, 1903–1966
10 exhibitions
George Brecht
American, 1926–2008
6 exhibitions
André Breton
French, 1896–1966
8 exhibitions
Camille Bryen
French, 1907–1976
5 exhibitions
Alberto Burri
Italian, 1915–1995
6 exhibitions
Carlo Carrà
Italian, 1881–1966
11 exhibitions
César (César Baldaccini)
French, 1921–1998
10 exhibitions
John Chamberlain
American, 1927–2011
14 exhibitions
Ivan Chermayeff
American, born England 1932
9 exhibitions
Christo Coetzee
South, born 1929
1 exhibition
George Cohen
American, 1919–1999
5 exhibitions
Ettore Colla
Italian, 1899–1968
2 exhibitions
Bruce Conner
American, 1933–2008
6 exhibitions
Austin Cooper
British, 1890–1964
1 exhibition
Jeanne Coppel
1 exhibition
Joseph Cornell
American, 1903–1972
22 exhibitions
Carlo Corsi
Italian, 1878–1966
1 exhibition
Roberto Crippa
Italian, 1921–1972
2 exhibitions
Jean Crotti
French, 1878–1958
5 exhibitions
Willem de Kooning
American, born the Netherlands. 1904–1997
43 exhibitions
Robyn Denny
British, born 1930
3 exhibitions
Sari Dienes
American, 1898–1992
1 exhibition
Oscar Domínguez
French, 1906–1957
16 exhibitions
Arthur Dove
American, 1880–1946
33 exhibitions
Jean Dubuffet
French, 1901–1985
76 exhibitions
Marcel Duchamp
American, born France. 1887–1968
49 exhibitions
Suzanne Duchamp
French, 1889–1963
1 exhibition
Francis Dufrêne
Nationality unknown
1 exhibition
Stephen Durkee
American, born 1939
1 exhibition
Dusan Dzamonja
Yugoslav, born 1928
3 exhibitions
Max Ernst
French, born Germany. 1891–1976
92 exhibitions
Yolande Fièvre
1 exhibition
Perle Fine
American, 1908–1988
2 exhibitions
Jean Follett
American, 1917–1991
3 exhibitions
Mario Garcia
1 exhibition
William Getman
1 exhibition
Mathias Goeritz
German, 1915–1990
2 exhibitions
Robert Goodnough
American, 1917–2010
7 exhibitions
Juan Gris
Spanish, 1887–1927
77 exhibitions
George Grosz
American, born Germany. 1893–1959
77 exhibitions
John Haberle
American, 1856–1933
1 exhibition
Raymond Hains
French, 1926–2005
1 exhibition
Whitney Halstead
1 exhibition
Raoul Hausmann
Austrian, 1886–1971
8 exhibitions
George Herms
1 exhibition
Heinz Hirscher
1 exhibition
Hannah Höch
German, 1889–1978
16 exhibitions
Valentine Hugo
French, 1890–1968
3 exhibitions
Robert Indiana
American, born 1928
24 exhibitions
Gwyther Irwin
English, born 1931
1 exhibition
David T. Jacobs
1 exhibition
Robert Jacobsen
Danish, 1912–1993
1 exhibition
Marcel Jean
French, 1900–1993
6 exhibitions
Jess
American, 1923–2004
4 exhibitions
Jasper Johns
American, born 1930
99 exhibitions
Horst-Egon Kalinowski
German, born 1924
5 exhibitions
William Kienbusch
American, 1914–1980
7 exhibitions
Edward Kienholz
American, 1927–1994
9 exhibitions
Bronislaw Kierzkowski
Polish, 1924–1993
3 exhibitions
Greta Knutson
Swedish, 1899–1983
1 exhibition
Michel Lablais
1 exhibition
Bernard Langlais
1 exhibition
John Latham
British, 1921–2006
5 exhibitions
Henri Laurens
French, 1885–1954
24 exhibitions
Landès Lewitin
American, 1892–1966
5 exhibitions
Seymour Locks
1 exhibition
Jim Love
American, 1927–2005
2 exhibitions
Alberto Magnelli
Italian, 1888–1971
2 exhibitions
René Magritte
Belgian, 1898–1967
28 exhibitions
Kazimir Malevich
Russian, born Ukraine. 1878–1935
34 exhibitions
Robert Mallary
American, 1917–1997
8 exhibitions
Man Ray
American, 1890–1976
78 exhibitions
Leo Manso
American, 1914–1993
2 exhibitions
Conrad Marca-Relli
American, 1913–2000
8 exhibitions
Marisol (Marisol Escobar)
Venezuelan, born France 1930
21 exhibitions
André Masson
French, 1896–1987
71 exhibitions
Elizabeth McFadden
American, born 1912
2 exhibitions
Salvatore Meo
1 exhibition
E.L.T. (Edouard Léon Théodore) Mesens
Belgian, 1903–1968
3 exhibitions
Manolo Millares
Spanish, 1926–1972
3 exhibitions
Joan Miró
Spanish, 1893–1983
137 exhibitions
Max Morise
French, 1900–1973
4 exhibitions
Robert Moskowitz
American, born 1935
6 exhibitions
Robert Motherwell
American, 1915–1991
71 exhibitions
Pierre Naville
French, 1900–1993
2 exhibitions
Rolf Nesch
Norwegian, born Germany. 1893–1975
7 exhibitions
Louise Nevelson
American, born Ukraine. 1899–1988
24 exhibitions
Robert Nickle
1 exhibition
Meret Oppenheim
Swiss, 1913–1985
5 exhibitions
Alfonso Ossorio
American, 1916–1990
5 exhibitions
Eduardo Paolozzi
British, 1924–2005
28 exhibitions
Benjamin Péret
French, 1899–1959
2 exhibitions
Francis Picabia
French, 1879–1953
25 exhibitions
Pablo Picasso
Spanish, 1881–1973
231 exhibitions
Richard Pousette-Dart
American, 1916–1992
8 exhibitions
Enrico Prampolini
Italian, 1894–1956
3 exhibitions
Robert Rauschenberg
American, 1925–2008
87 exhibitions
Martial Raysse
French, born 1936
1 exhibition
Ceri Richards
British, 1903–1971
1 exhibition
Robert Bartlett Richenburg
American, born 1917
1 exhibition
Mimmo Rotella
Italian, 1918–2006
1 exhibition
Teresa Rudowicz
3 exhibitions
Anne Ryan
American, 1889–1954
12 exhibitions
Kay Sage
American, 1898–1963
4 exhibitions
Niki de Saint Phalle
French, 1930–2002
5 exhibitions
Lucas Samaras
American, born Greece 1936
26 exhibitions
Edith Schloss
1 exhibition
Kurt Schwitters
German, 1887–1948
56 exhibitions
Jason Seley
American, 1919–1983
8 exhibitions
Gino Severini
Italian, 1883–1966
25 exhibitions
Sidney Simon
1 exhibition
David Smith
American, 1906–1965
33 exhibitions
Daniel Spoerri
Swiss, born Romania 1930
6 exhibitions
Richard Stankiewicz
American, 1922–1983
10 exhibitions
Joseph Stella
American, 1877–1946
41 exhibitions
Ian Stuart
Irish, born 1926
2 exhibitions
Shinkichi G. Tajiri
American, born 1923
4 exhibitions
Yves Tanguy
American, born France. 1900–1955
53 exhibitions
Jean Tinguely
Swiss, 1925–1991
17 exhibitions
Joaquín Torres-García
Uruguayan, 1874–1949
10 exhibitions
Igael Tumarkin
Israeli, born 1933
1 exhibition
Tristan Tzara
French, born Romania. 1896–1963
4 exhibitions
Laurence Vail
American, 1891–1968
3 exhibitions
André Verlon
Austrian, born 1917
1 exhibition
Esteban Vicente
American, born Spain. 1903–2001
6 exhibitions
Jacques de la Villeglé
French, born 1926
3 exhibitions
Jaap Wagemaker
Dutch, 1906–1972
2 exhibitions
Marian Warzecha
Polish, born 1930
4 exhibitions
Robert Watts
American, 1923–1988
2 exhibitions
H. C. Westermann
American, 1922–1981
7 exhibitions
Charmion von Wiegand
American, 1899–1983
6 exhibitions

New York Times Review of the exhibition

PUBLISHED

1 October 1961

Art Out of Anything

By John CANADAY

FIFTY years ago come next May, Pablo Picasso pasted a bit of oil cloth into a painting and wrapped a length of rope around the border for a frame. As he so often does, Picasso had started something. During the last half-century, artists have made pictures out of paper scraps and have built sculpture from just about anything that can be made to hold together with something else. The contribution?

New York Times • page SM52 • 490 words