Le Bateau

Infobox Painting|

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title=Le Bateau
artist=Henri Matisse
year=1953
type=Lithograph
height=13.84
width=10.33
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city=Museum of Modern Art
museum=New York

"Le Bateau" is a print from 1953 by Henri Matisse. The print is a lithograph, created during the last years of Matisse's life.

History

"Le Bateau" caused a minor skip when the Museum of Modern Art, which housed it, reportedly hung the print upside-down for 47 days in 1961, until a stockbroker named Genevieve Habert noticed the mistake and notified a guard. Habert later informed the "New York Times", to which Monroe Wheeler, the art director was notified, and the artwork was rehung properly. [ [http://www.theapesheet.com/archivefive/newart2.html The Ape Sheet.com - Upside Down Painting Syndrome] ] The museum currently houses it in the "Final Works of Henri Matisse" exhibition.

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