New York Selections: Works on Paper and Beyond

Hans Bellmer, Erwin Blumenfeld, Victor Brauner, Alexander Calder, Jorge Camacho, Paul Delvaux, Marcel Duchamp, Arshile Gorky, Wifredo Lam, Man Ray, Roberto Matta, Wolfgang Paalen, Francis Picabia, Alice Rahon, Kurt Seligmann, Joseph Stella

Galerie 1900-2000 is pleased to present New York Selections: Works on Paper and Beyond, a group exhibition on view at Fleiss-Vallois.

The exhibition highlights the importance of works on paper as a space for experimentation and innovation, while also including select pieces in other media that complement and expand these dialogues. Duchamp’s graphic works distill his conceptual investigations, while Bellmer’s Surrealist drawings explore desire and the unconscious. Gorky’s drawings bridge Surrealist automatism and the emergence of Abstract Expressionism, paralleling Man Ray’s prints and drawings, which move fluidly between photography, design, and Dada experimentation. Lam’s works on paper extend Surrealist principles into Afro-Cuban imagery, and Picabia’s varied styles demonstrate a restless inventiveness across abstraction and figuration. Matta and Stella push these ideas further, capturing psychic landscapes and the energy of the modern city. Alongside these seminal figures, the exhibition presents additional works in diverse media that enrich the conversation, showing how paper and other forms became vital vehicles for experimentation and exchange across movements and geographies.

By focusing on works on paper and beyond, New York Selections reveals how artists used these mediums not only for study, but as a ground for innovation that reshaped the language of modern art. This focus reflects Galerie 1900-2000’s long-standing commitment to presenting rare and historically significant works that illuminate the avant-garde.