▁and ▁ 5 0 9 A ), ▁T ête ▁de ▁Je une ▁F ille ▁( no . ▁ 2 4 7 ), ▁T ête ▁de ▁Fem me ▁( no . ▁ 5 0 0 A ). ▁ ▁The ▁sculpt ures ▁of ▁Lip ch itz , ▁Laur ens ▁and ▁Cs ak y , ▁and ▁the ▁paint ings ▁of ▁Gr is , ▁Sever ini ▁and ▁G le izes ▁represented ▁Cub ism ▁in ▁its ▁most ▁dist illed ▁form ▁between ▁ 1 9 1 6 ▁and ▁ 1 9 2 0 . ▁However , ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁exhibition ▁at ▁the ▁Galerie ▁de ▁L ' E ff ort ▁Mod erne ▁at ▁the ▁out set ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 9 — just ▁as ▁before ▁the ▁war — M etz inger ▁was ▁considered ▁a ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁movement . ▁His ▁paint ings ▁at ▁this ▁exhibition ▁were ▁perce ived ▁as ▁highly ▁significant . ▁The ▁fact ▁that ▁Met z inger ' s ▁Lady ▁at ▁her ▁D ress ing ▁Table ▁was ▁chosen ▁from ▁more ▁than ▁ 1 0 0 ▁art works ▁in ▁the ▁Ros enberg ▁sale ▁to ▁be ▁reprodu ced ▁in ▁The ▁Sun ▁( New ▁York ) ▁suggests ▁that ▁Met z inger ▁was ▁perce ived ▁as ▁a ▁leader ▁of ▁the ▁Cub ist ▁movement ▁abroad ▁as ▁well . ▁For ▁the ▁general ▁public , ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁Cub ism ▁was ▁for ▁many ▁years ▁associated ▁more ▁with ▁Met z inger ▁than ▁with ▁Bra que ▁or ▁Pic asso , ▁who ▁exhib ited ▁in ▁a ▁private ▁gallery ▁rather ▁than ▁in ▁the ▁sal ons ; ▁essentially