Matisse in the heat

A few years ago, I picked up a copy of Matisse's Jazz at a used bookstore. It wasn't an original printing of course but a later edition reissued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. I think it was three dollars at the most but I thought it was quite a find. This past Wednesday, I visited the Baltimore Museum of Art where Jazz is currently on exhibit. It was quite a treat to see it there and it was unexpected as I didn't know it was on view until I arrived at the museum. The day I visited was extremely hot, Baltimore was in the midst of a heat wave that lasted a good part of last week, and my energy level was at a lower level than I would have preferred for a museum going day. It was my first visit to the BMA and unfortunately, although I was greatly impressed with the collection, I was too tired to spend more than a brief hour and a half there but even my brief visit left me very excited to return.