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Henri Matisse Jazz

Henri Matisse Jazz

Matisse, Henri
Mingardi, Corrado
Poli, Francesco

Hardcover

Art Criticism & TheoryEuropean ArtIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $350.00

ISBN10: 0500517231
ISBN13: 9780500517239
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: Nov 19 2013
Pages: 200
Weight: 7.80
Height: 3.00 Width: 15.00 Depth: 20.00
Language: English
Henri Matisse's Jazz is one of the pre-eminent artists' book in the history of modern art. In 1947, Matisse was in his seventies and suffering poor health, and he preferred the simple, fluid act of cutting forms from painted paper to drawing and painting. He began working on illustrations for a book of poems using this assemblage technique. As his notes, written with a paintbrush in looping letters, became integral, the publisher agreed that they should replace the poems.

This large-scale facsimile edition brims with drama and shows why Jazz is considered Matisse's most celebrated--and joyous--foray into the combination of color and form. The loose-leaf folded facsimile pages are gathered in a special ribbon-tied, cloth-bound presentation case. Many of these images were inspired by the theater or circus, settings that connect the visual and musical through improvisation--a theme that can be felt running through the compositions of the prints themselves. Such iconic prints as Icare (Icarus) and L'avaleur de sabres (The Sword Swallower) appear alongside paintbrush-composed notes Matisse wrote for himself as he created the images.

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