Sunday NYT crossword.

[Whisp]

We are a bit stuck on 25A 8 letters

Title of Matisse

other clues: hung upside down (?0 in an exhibition in NY in '61 and was days before someone noticed.

any hep?

[Zavulon]

1. Le Bateau?

[Whisp]

8. thank you!

[DS1]

2. doucheba

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Le Bateau.

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. 47 days upside down

http://www.brainyhistory.com/events/1961/december_4_1961_124720.html

[GCP]

5. Oh yeah - you can really tell the difference!

[struggle4progress]

11. Matisse could tell the difference: that's why he got paid the big bucks

[Zavulon]

6. Exactly the sort of painting that

turned me off of art a long time ago.

Well, that and the art snobs I knew, particularly those who thought works like Le Bateau were worth anything more than the canvas it was painted on and sneered at those who didn't see the "brilliance" within.

[Bluzmann57]

10. I sorta like "Dogs playing poker"

Guess that disqualifies me from being an expert.

[DS1]

7. well duh

one's a country shit-kicker running on water, the other is a country shit-kicker being eaten by a shark

[Whisp]

9. thanks, which direction the sails point and the fact it's a reflection

is part of a bigger part of the puzzle, the greyed out spots.

heheh. clever.