uss y , ▁during ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 2 . ▁During ▁the ▁trip , ▁Pic ab ia ▁is ▁quoted : ▁" Are ▁blue ▁and ▁red ▁un int ellig ible ? ▁Are ▁not ▁the ▁circle ▁and ▁the ▁triangle , ▁volumes ▁and ▁colors , ▁as ▁intellig ible ▁as ▁this ▁table ?" ▁▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁Sal on ▁d ' Autom ne ▁ ▁The ▁Sal on ▁d ' Autom ne ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁held ▁in ▁Paris ▁at ▁the ▁Grand ▁Pal ais ▁from ▁ 1 ▁October ▁to ▁ 8 ▁November , ▁saw ▁the ▁Cub ists ▁re group ed ▁into ▁the ▁same ▁room ▁XI . ▁The ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁Sal on ▁d ' Autom ne ▁is ▁marked ▁by ▁two ▁important ▁dates : ▁ 1 9 0 5 , ▁bore ▁witness ▁to ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁F au v ism , ▁and ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁the ▁x en oph obe ▁and ▁anti - mod ern ist ▁quar rel . ▁The ▁ 1 9 1 2 ▁po lem ic ▁le ve led ▁against ▁both ▁the ▁French ▁and ▁non - F rench ▁avant - gar de ▁artists ▁origin ated ▁in ▁S alle ▁XI ▁where ▁the ▁Cub ists ▁exhib ited ▁their ▁works . ▁The ▁resistance ▁to ▁foreign ers ▁( d ub bed ▁" ap aches ") ▁and ▁avant - gar de ▁artists ▁was ▁just ▁the ▁visible ▁face ▁of ▁a ▁more ▁prof ound ▁cr ises : ▁that ▁of ▁defining ▁modern ▁French ▁art , ▁and ▁the ▁dw ind ling ▁of ▁an ▁art istic ▁system