Henri Matisse: Drawings with Scissors Masterpieces from the Late Years Olivier Berggruen and Max Hollein Now in an attractively priced flexi-cover edition, this lavishly illustrated volume presents all aspects of Matisse's cutouts Henri Matisse's paintings and drawings are some of the most revered in the art world and his cutouts are widely обяыу believed to represent the zenith of his artistic career When Jazz, Matisse's revolutionary handmade book of paper cutouts, was published in the early 1940s, it was considered a dramatic departure for the artist Eventually he came to consider the cutout as his primary artistic medium This collection of superb reproductions and critical essays offers a chance to appreciate the full spectrum of Matisse's work, from the early models for Jazz to the large-scale works that dominated the artist's final creative period, and offers fascinating new discoveries about the connections between the cutouts and his earliest works Max Hollein is Director of the Schirn Kunsthalle Museum in Frankfurt, Germany Olivier Berggruen is an art historian, who lives in New York.  159.8 кв.м.2006 г Мягкая обложка, 175 стр ISBN 3791334735.