Green Stripe

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Henri Matisse. Portrait of Madame Matisse. (The green line). 1905. 40.50 x 32.5 cm. Oil and tempera on canvas. Statens Museum for Kunst.

Green Stripe (La Raie Verte) also known as Green Line or Madame Matisse, is a portrait of Henri Matisse's wife, Amélie Matisse. He painted it in 1905, just prior to such work being labeled Les Fauves (the wild beasts), along with the works of André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck.

The painting hangs in Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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