Wednesday, October 18, 2006
This Day in American History
On this day in 1961, "Le Bateau", by French painter Henri Matisse, went on display in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The painting attracted large numbers (over 100,000) of viewers. For 47 days, nobody realized that "Le Bateau" was hanging upside down. Slight black eye for an otherwise wonderful museum.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 7:14 AM 
