by Henri Matisse is a triptych mural (15 ft high

by 45 ft long) in the Barnes Foundation. It was

created in 1932 at the request of Albert C.

Barnes after he met Matisse in the United

States. Barnes was an art enthusiast and long-

time collector of Matisse's works, and agreed

to pay Matisse a total of $30,000 for the

mural, which was expected to take a year