Antedating of "Dadaism"

[Fred Shapiro]

1919 _N.Y. Times_ 30 Mar. 37 (ProQuest)  Much noise has been made by
Vorticism, Futurism, Cubism, Vertiginism.  Let us now be happy in
"Dadaism," about which Mr. FRANCOIS PONCETTON writes ironically and
tolerantly in the Paris Eclair.  What is Dadaism?

Fred Shapiro


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