Olivier Berggruen, Editor, Max Hollein, Editor, Henri Matisse, Author Prestel Publishing $70 (176p) ISBN 978-3-7913-2799-0
The genius of Henri Matisse is captured in this vibrant collection of his paper cut-outs, his primary form of expression in the latter part of his career. As Michel Anthonioz, former director of the Musee d'Orsay, writes, the cut-outs allowed...
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Nina Hollein, Text by (Art/Photo Books), Max Hollein, Text by (Art/Photo Books), Henri Matisse, Author Prestel Publishing $14.95 (28p) ISBN 978-3-7913-2858-4
The handsome paper-over-board Adventures in Art series continues with three titles about 20th-century artists. Edward Hopper: Summer at the Seashore by Deborah Lyons displays many of the artist's most famous paintings, watercolors and drawings of
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Henri Matisse, with Pierre Courthion, edited by Serge Guilbaut, trans. from the French by Chris Miller. J. Paul Getty Trust, $45 (384p) ISBN 978-1-60606-129-9
In 1941, Swiss art critic Courthion interviewed Matisse in Lyon while the artist was recovering from a serious operation, for a book to be published by Albert Skira, founder of the eponymous publishing house. Over several days, Matisse and Courthion
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Samantha Friedman, illus. by Cristina Amodeo. MoMA (Abrams, dist.), $19.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-87070-910-4
Joining a spate of recent picture books about Matisse that includes The Iridescence of Birds, Henri’s Scissors, and Colorful Dreamer, this collaboration between Friedman, an assistant curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, and Milan-based...
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