Louis Vauxcelles and Paul Sachs were accused of "palming of a forgery on a gullible public" when they installed this work in the New York Museum of Modern Art, arousing the ire of Andre Breton. One figure in this work holds her arm at a right angle, grasping a wooden stick and raising her little finger. Six faint stars can be seen in the sky above this work's central occurrence, while the moon appears to have a face, creating what the artist described as a "very poetic" effect. The central figure's (*) dress shares the pattern of the blanket behind her, and she partakes in the title action alongside a red vase and a wooden mandolin. Another figure in this Primitivist work stands above that woman, leaning down to sniff her hair. For 10 points, name this work depicting a woman resting on a d
Louis Vauxcelles and Paul Sachs were accused of "palming of a forgery on a gullible public" when they installed this work in the New York Museum of Modern Art, arousing the ire of Andre Breton. One figure in this work holds her arm at a right angle, grasping a wooden stick and raising her little finger. Six faint stars can be seen in the sky above this work's central occurrence, while the moon appears to have a face, creating what the artist described as a "very poetic" effect. The central figure's (*) dress shares the pattern of the blanket behind her, and she partakes in the title action alongside a red vase and a wooden mandolin. Another figure in this Primitivist work stands above that woman, leaning down to sniff her hair. For 10 points, name this work depicting a woman resting on a dune beside a lion by Henri Rousseau.
Louis Vauxcelles and Paul Sachs were accused of "palming of a forgery on a gullible public" when they installed this work in the New York Museum of Modern Art, arousing the ire of Andre Breton.
Sleeping Gypsy