The Plum Blossoms
The Plum Blossoms is a 1948 painting by Henri Matisse. Museum of Modern Art. On September 8, 2005, it was purchased for New York's Museum of Modern Art by Henry Kravis and the new president of the museum, Marie-Josée Drouin. Private collection. Previously, it had not been seen by the public since 1970. Late-period Matisse. "The Plum Blossoms" is an example of one of the final group of oil paintings in Matisse's career.