31. The long, low, white house on Ridgehaven Road stretches out along the property like a Matisse odalisque . 32. These intimate family scenes are contrasting to the licentious style seen in his " Odalisque " portraits. 33. Before the abolition of slavery, he habitually offered to his courtiers any odalisques given to him as presents. 34. In one, the fabulous Josephine Baker makes herself at home as an erotic odalisque in Matisse's studio. 35. 1928 : Matisse finished " Odalisque " and sent it to the Bernheim-Jeune Gallery in Paris. 36. Nazi leader Hermann Goering traded " Odalisque " to dealer Gustave Rochlitz for a 16th century French painting. 37. His works of this period featured exotic scenes from Algeria, and odalisques , as well as cityscapes of Algiers. 38. The Matisse depicts the model Henriette, painted as an odalisque against one of the artist's richly decorative backgrounds. 39. In 1954, Seattle's Prentice Bloedel bought " Odalisque " from New York's Knoedler Gallery. 40. He seemed to mock Matisse's obsession with odalisques ( harem girls ), leaping dancers and views through windows.
