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Blue Nude (Souvenir of Biskra) (Nu bleu Souvenir de Biskra) an early 1907 oil painting on canvas by Henri Matisse is located at the Baltimore Museum of Art as part of the Cone Collection.Matisse painted the nude when a sculpture he was working on shattered. He later finished the sculpture which is entitled Reclining Nude I (Aurore). Matisse shocked the French public at the 1907 Société des Artistes Indépendants when he exhibited Blue Nude (Souvenir de Biskra).
