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.
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