Why it matters
Two topless Tahitian women, one holding mango blossoms, confront the viewer much as Manet's Olympia does, following a tradition of comparing women's breasts to flowers or fruit.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1899.
- William Church Osborn donated it to the Met in 1949.
- In 2011 it was attacked while on loan in Washington, but the plexiglass protected it.
Based on the Wikipedia article Two Tahitian Women (CC BY-SA 4.0).
