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Article: Metropolitan Museum unveils gifts from art dealer son of Henri Matisse
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- May 18, 2004
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DAVID MINTHORN, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
05-18-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK
Pierre Matisse cuts a debonaire figure in an oil portrait by Baltus that introduces an engrossing survey at the Metropolitan Museum of Art of the late art dealer's personal collection.
Matisse, in jacket, slacks and striped tie, locks eyes with viewers, his lips set in a wry smile, his body in a casual pose. The colors are muted browns and grays, except for an eye-catching crimson sock exposed at his ankle _ a subtle touch by the French artist who specialized in erotic realism.
The portrait dates to 1938, when Matisse was in Paris courting Baltus as a client and meeting with other European artists he ...