Henri Matisse is one of the leading figures of modern art. His unparalleled cut-outs are among the most significant of any artist's late works. When ill health

A study of the art form developed by Matisse after an operation drained him of the strength to continue his oil painting, focusing on the elements of color and

Reconsiders the cut-outs, including the materials and methods, the artist's environmental ambitions for them, tensions between art and decoration and between dr

This catalogue devoted to Matisse's late work--a period he described as his 'second life'--sheds exceptional new light on the artist through his correspondence