Describe the characteristics of the Part I, #5: Matisse's Model (1991) in The French Collection's Descriptions and locations.
Matisse's Model depicts Willia Marie reclining nude, modeling for the artist Henri Matisse who is standing in the corner holding a paint palette. Above Willia Marie, Matisse's painting Dance (1910) hangs on the wall. The version of Dance depicted is the version owned by the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, which uses a darker red paint than the version owned by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In the text, Willia Marie reflects on race and beauty standards for Black women.Matisse's Model is in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art.
State Hermitage Museum New York Dance Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg, Russia Saint Petersburg Museum of Modern Art Baltimore Museum of Art Henri Matisse