French painter Henri Matisse and Carleton Smith (left) music editor of Esquire and European correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune in front of the Foyer Lacordaire beside the Matisse chapel. Vence 1953. (today 466 Av. Henri Matisse)

Carleton Smith, music editor for *Esquire*, smiles as he converses with the painter Henri Matisse in Vence, 1953. Smith, on the left, is dressed in a dark, double-breasted suit with a patterned ascot, while Matisse wears a light-colored suit, glasses, and a fedora. They stand in a relaxed pose before the Foyer Lacordaire, adjacent to the recently completed chapel designed by the artist himself. Palm fronds and the stone facade of a nearby building frame the pleasant outdoor scene.

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Hats, Newspaper&Magazine

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