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Henri Matisse’s illustrations for Henry de Montherlant’s retelling of the greek myth Pasiphae where Poseidon curses the King of Crete, Minos, for refusing to sacrafice a bull. He places Minos’ wife under a spell that drives her mad with desire for the animal and she gives birth to the Minotaur

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