Through the introduction of Gertrude Stein, the American photographer Alvin Langdon Coburn visited Matisse in his studio, where he made a number of portraits of the artist alone and one with his wife, Amélie, for his forthcoming publication, Men of Mark. Matisse is shown armed with a large palette and brushes, or standing on a ladder while painting the monumental scene. The photographs also record his working practice and process of making revisions.
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