Arthur HONEGGER

Rare first edition of the double invitation programme to a "Groupe des Six" concert on June 19, 1920, and to the second "Jeune Peinture française" exhibition from June 17 to July 4, 1920 at the Galerie Manzi-Joyant et Cie.
This document combines a musical event (with works by Francis Poulenc, Louis Durey, Arnold Schoenberg, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud and Germaine Tailleferre) with a paintings exhibition by Paul Cézanne, Auguste Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Félix Vallotton, Paul Sérusier and Paul Signac, among others, as well as sculptures by Aristide Maillol and Antoine Bourdelle.
The program announces the avant-garde concert of the "Groupe des Six" formed the same year by poet Jean Cocteau. It was part of a long series of memorable performances organized since 1917 by the young pianist-composers of the "Groupe des Six", where music was played and poems declaimed (this program also mentions the reading of Guillaume Apollinaire's Bestiaire and four poems by Paul Claudel).
On the reverse is an invitation for four people to the second exhibition of the "Jeune Peinture Française" group presided by Pierre Bonnard and Auguste Renoir.

(Francis POULENC & Georges AURIC & Guillaume APOLLINAIRE
& Jean COCTEAU & Paul CéZANNE & Auguste RENOIR et al.)
Double invitation program to a Groupe des Six concert and the second exhibition of the Jeune Peinture Française, Cézanne – Renoir from 17 June to 4 July 1920, Galerie Manzi-Joyant et Cie
Paris 1920 | 11.5 x 14.7 cm | one folded leaf
Rare first edition of the double invitation program to a “Groupe des Six” concert, held on 19 June 1920, and the second exhibition of the Jeune Peinture Française, from 17 June to 4 July 1920, at the Galerie Manzi-Joyant et Cie
This document combines the musical event (with works from Francis Poulenc, Louis Durey, Arnold Schoenberg, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud and Germaine Tailleferre) and the exhibition of paintings by Paul Cézanne, Auguste Renoir, Pierre Bonnard, Henri Matisse, Félix Vallotton, Paul Sérusier and Paul Signac among others, as well as sculptures by Aristide Maillol and Antoine Bourdelle.
The program announces the avant-garde concert by “Groupe des Six,” formed the same year by the poet Jean Cocteau. It is part of a long series of memorable performances, organised since 1917, by the young pianist-composers of the “Groupe des Six,” where music was played and poems were recited (this program indeed mentions the reading of the Bestiaire by Guillaume Apollinaire and four poems by Paul Claudel).
On the reverse we find an invitation for four people to the second exhibition of the “Jeune Peinture Française,” an association of which Pierre Bonnard and Auguste Renoir were the honorary presidents.

First edition on India paper, only 50 copies were printed on Japan paper.
Together with a stamped and cancelled theatre ticket.
Handsome copy.