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A little wonder, every day

Matisse’s boat hung upside down

portrait photograph of Henri Matisse from 1898. Original page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henri_Matisse_Portraitf_1898.jpg. Photographer unknown; the file page marks it public domain / Public Domain Mark 1.0.
portrait photograph of Matisse from the Library of Congress Carl Van Vechten collection. Original page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Henri_Matisse_LCCN2004663296.jpg. Photographer: Carl Van Vechten. The Library of Congress states no known copyright restrictions; credit Van Vechten, do not crop or colorize.
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portrait photograph of Henri Matisse from 1898. Original page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henri_Matisse_Portraitf_1898.jpg. Photographer unknown; the file page marks it public domain / Public Domain Mark 1.0.

At a 1961 exhibition of Henri Matisse’s work at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the paper composition The Boat was hung upside down. The mistake went unnoticed for about six weeks, until a visitor checked the work against the catalogue and alerted museum staff.