365 Days of Art: December 3 – MoMA Rehangs Matisse, Right-Side-Up

A near-mirror image from top to bottom, created with approximately 12 irregular shapes and lines, made of thinly cut paper. — Henri Matisse, Le Bateau (The Boat), Paper Cut, 1953

December 3, 1961

The Museum of Modern Art finally realizes their mistake in hanging Henri Matisse’s Le Bateau upside-down, and straightens the picture after six weeks. It takes a stockbroker/art lover that long to convince MoMA; they finally act on one of her letters.