This painting was completed by Henri Matisse in 1905 and depicts Matisse's wife....Amelie.
Gertrude Stein bought the painting along with her brother Leo.
They bought it in order to lift Matisse’s spirits after the
show this painting was included was panned by the critics. One critic said the paintings looked like a
pot had been flung in the face of the public.
The painting ended up being a bone of contention with the
Stein family. Gertrude and Leo’s
brother’s wife claimed she actually bought the painting, and she may be
right. Photographs of her Paris and
California homes clearly show the painting.
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