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Article: Met Unveils Gifts From Henri Matisse's Son
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DAVID MINTHORN, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-18-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK
This 1938 oil portrait of Manhattan gallery owner Pierre Matisse, by the French painter Balthus, introduces an engrossing survey of the late art dealer's personal collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first installment of the "The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection" donated to the Met encompasses 44 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures, along with nine related works, from 1911-1964. The show opens Tuesday, May 18, 2004 and runs until June 26. (AP Photo/ 2004 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York)
Pierre Matisse cuts a debonaire figure in an oil portrait by Baltus that introduces an ...