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qualifies as
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copyright law.
Any other use of this image, could potentially constitute a copyright infringement.
"Music forms a pair to ""The Dance"", also painted in 1910. After the collector Sergey Shchukin commissioned ""The Dance"", he wrote to Matisse asking for another panel on the subject of music. It is only when seen together that they acquire their full resonance."