What are Masterpieces and Why Are There So Many of Them? » Henri Matisse, Sarah Stein, 1916. Oil on canvas, 28-1/2 in. x 22-1/4 inches. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sarah and Michael Stein Memorial Collection, gift of Elise S. Haas

Henri Matisse, Sarah Stein, 1916. Oil on canvas, 28-1/2 in. x 22-1/4 inches. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sarah and Michael Stein Memorial Collection, gift of Elise S. Haas

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Pablo Picasso, Study for Nude with Drapery,1907. Tempera and watercolor on paper mounted on board, 12-3/16 x 9-7/16 inches. Private collection.
Man Ray, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, 1922. Gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Isabel Wilder, © 2010 Man Ray Trust/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris

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