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THE MANSARD GALLERY 1
THE collection of modern pictures made Nov,
\>y 1917
Mr. Fry, and shown, first in Birmingham and
then at the Mansard is
Gallery, the most
important we have seen in London since the
beginning of the war since the Grosvenor
House show in the summer of 1914^0 be exact.
That the best exhibition we have seen for so
long should be held in the best is gallery a
bit of good luck which, in these unlucky days,
seems extraordinary but what seems miracu-
;
lous almost is that Messrs. Heal and Sons seem
positively to prefer good pictures
to bad. I
would, therefore, advise any one who thinks
my advice worth having to keep an eye on the
Mansard Gallery.
In this exhibition the best of the younger
English artists I am sorry there is nothing
by Stanley Spenser, Wyndham Lewis, Bomberg
1 This article was written for the Nation, but owing to a
series of misfortunes could not be published until the exhibition
was over. It then seemed best to reserve it for this
collection.
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