Henri Matisse: Drawing With Scissors : Masterpieces from the Late Years

Berggruen, Olivier [Ed]

ISBN 10: 3791327992 / ISBN 13: 9783791327990

Published by Prestel Pub, 2003

About this Item

4to in the original cloth binding with the original dust jacket, Few very minor marks to jacket, Overall a near fine copy. All books are posted in a sturdy book box. Overseas orders may require extra postage costs.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Henri Matisse: Drawing With Scissors : Masterpieces from the Late Years
• Publisher: Prestel Pub
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3791327992
• ISBN 13: 9783791327990
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 1225 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art

About this title

Synopsis

Focusing on one of Matisse's greatest bodies of work and his last artistic creations, this flexi edition of essays and reproductions provides scholarship on this important period.

About the Author

Henri Matisse (1869-1954) was born in Picardy, France and studied art in Paris. He was the principal painter of the Fauve group and one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. His work is characterized by brilliant colors, stylized shapes, flowered backgrounds and flat patterns with arabesques.

The Exhibition
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
(December 20, 2002-March 2, 2003)

Max Hollein worked at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, and is currently Director of the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt, Germany.

Olivier Berggruen is a New York-based art historian and guest curator of the exhibition "Matisse Cut-Outs."

Essays by Max Hollein/Ingrid Pfeiffer, Margret Stuffmann, Remi Labrusse, Hannes Bohringer and Olivier Berggruen.