(2) 1897 Lotos Club Painting Exhibition Program List Ephemera Names Geniology

Description: Very Rare Lot of 2 Lotos Club Exhibition Programs/ Invitations The Lotos Club is a private social club in New York City. Founded primarily by a young group of writers and critics in 1870 as a gentlemen's club, it has since begun accepting women as members. Mark Twain, an early member, called it the "Ace of Clubs".The Club took its name from the poem "The Lotos-Eaters" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which was then very popular. The Lotos Club has always had a literary and artistic bent, with the result that it has accumulated a noted collection of American paintings. Its "State Dinners" 1893 are legendary fetes for scholars, artists and sculptors, collectors and connoisseurs, writers and journalists, and politicians and diplomats The Lotos Club's first home was at Two Irving Place In 1893, the Club moved to 556-558 Fifth Avenue at 46th Street, purchasing their first clubhouse. The Club has a long history of showing the work of its artist members and has also held exhibitions of work from the collections of its members. The Lotos Club committee use the word “TONALISM” in the title of 2 exhibitions one in March 1895 and March 1897. MARCH 1897 - Lotos Club. Exhibition of Tonal Paintings Ancient and Modern. 558 fifth Avenue, New York. Saturday, March 27, 1897, and following days Inside the program/invitation is a list of the committee, names of the artist, and names of those loaning artwork. See pictures prominent individuals and artist who attended this famous exhibition MAY 1897 - Lotos Club. Exhibition of the Work of American Figure Painters. 558 Fifth Avenue, New York. Saturday, May 1st, 1897, and following days.These extremely rare programs/Invitations have very notable members as you will see in pictures. In this particular year there were many prominent members in the club. A list of those members would be in the history of the Lotos Club. Both measure 6 x 4 March 1897 the cover and back page have detached, the rest of pages are intact May 1897 all pages attached

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