SOPHIE’S CHOICES
by Charlie Finch


We have been privileged to know Sophie Matisse for two decades. Notwithstanding her long, happy marriage to French Pop artist Alain Jacquet, many men over the years, including ourselves, have worshipped her as the most gracious, elegant, accomplished beauty in the New York art world. The fact that she counts Henri Matisse, Pierre Matisse and Marcel Duchamp among her close family members has been a mere bagatelle to her admirers.

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