The Stein Collection

The Steins in Paris via The Huffington Post

Michael Stein's apartment on rue Madame, Paris (the same street my friend, Christian, lives)--Matisse is in the center

Gurtrude and Alice--photo by Many Ray via The Huffington Post

Gertrude Stein next to Potrait by Picasso via Laflaneuse 8

Matisse via The Huffington Post

Matisse --love this one! via The Huffington Post

Matisse

Matisse

Matisse

Picasso

Portrait of Gertrude Stein by Picasso

A fabulous exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art  Feb 28 - June 3, 2012 of the Stein Collection: Matisse, Picasso and the Avant-Garde--the exhibit was in Paris when I was there last October but I missed it. I recently finished reading The Paris Wife: A Novel by Paula McLain, a great read about the young Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley, and their life together in Paris during this remarkable time--
To learn more about the Stein exhibit, visit The Huffington Post and The Metropolitan Museum-