In this artwork, how is the Part II, #10: Jo Baker's Birthday (1993) of the Descriptions and locations elucidated?
Jo Baker's Birthday depicts the American-born French performer Josephine Baker in a lounge chair with her breasts partially exposed, posing similarly to the titled figure in Édouard Manet's painting Olympia (1863). The image of Baker combines elements from the Manet painting and includes a rendering of a portion of Henri Matisse's The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room) (1908). In the text, Willia Marie tells her Aunt that she was commissioned to paint a portrait of Baker, whom she admires as a Black woman controlling her own artistic image and pursuits.Jo Baker's Birthday is in the collection of the Saint Louis Art Museum.
The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room) Olympia Saint Louis Art Museum Henri Matisse Édouard Manet Josephine Baker