# @sfmoma on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dcbimb6huiL
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69684562-sfmoma-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-24T16:58:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** SFMOMA (@sfmoma) — https://gondola.cc/sfmoma

## Caption

She saw Matisse’s potential before many others did 🎨 Read on for the story of Sarah Stein, one of his earliest and most devoted supporters.

Living in Paris when Matisse was sparking controversy with the bold and unconventional paintings that would come to define Fauvism, American art collector Sarah Stein decided that she would only collect works by Matisse. She and her husband Michael built a collection of more than 40 paintings, and their apartment became a destination for anyone eager to see what the artist was doing next.

Matisse once said that Sarah knew his paintings even better than he did. Their friendship grew so close that she was the only person outside Matisse’s immediate family whom he trusted to see his paintings while they were still wet. 

Just two weeks left to discover the works that first captivated Sarah Stein and forever changed the course of modern art in “Matisse: A Modern Scandal.”

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Unknown, “Stein family album page [Sarah Stein outfits],” [ca. 1928]; Estate of Daniel M. Stein, courtesy of William J. Ashton; photo: Tenari Tuatagaloa

Henri Matisse, “Sarah Stein,” 1916; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sarah and Michael Stein Memorial Collection, gift of Elise S. Haas, 1954; © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: Ben Blackwell

“Sarah Stein and Harriet Lane Levy, San Francisco,” 1900; Estate of Daniel M. Stein; photo: Don Ross

Henri Matisse, “Study of Sarah Stein,” 1916; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Haas, 1962; © Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photo: Don Ross

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