If you missed Tate Modern's summer blockbuster show of Henri Matisse's Cut-Outs then Taschen's new tome of the great man's 'drawing with scissors' makes a rather lovely consolation. If did you make it to the exhibition and experienced the marvel of colour and shape that Monsieur Matisse created in his later period then we think you'll fancy bringing that work onto your coffee table. That's certainly how we feel.
The new book is full of prints of Matisse's signature gouache cut-outs that represented a revolution in modern art when he created them in the 40s and 50s in his Seventies. A book to brighten up your living room full of art that will art brighten up your life.
Creole Dancer, 1950
© 2014 Succession H. Matisse/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, for the works of Henri Matisse
The Sheaf, 1953
©2014 Succession H. Matisse/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, for the works of Henri Matisse
Two Dancers, 1937–38
Study for the curtain of the ballet “L’Étrange Farandole”
©2014 Succession H. Matisse/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, for the works of Henri Matisse
Caption: Henri Matisse working on the monumental cut-outs, Nice, 1952
©laif/Photo: Hélène Adant
Henri Matisse. Cut-Outs. Drawing With Scissors is out now.