Henri Matisse: Jazz - Couverture souple

Matisse, Henri

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 379132392X ISBN 13 : 9783791323923

Editeur : Prestel, 2007

Synopsis

Rare Book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

First published in 1947, Henri Matisse's collection of paper cutouts represented a culmination of the artist's striving to combine his love of form and colour. To create Jazz, Matisse carefully arranged twenty cut-outs as compositions. Like the musical genre they celebrate, the works are at once spontaneous and unified, improvisational yet clearly orchestrated. Serving as a complement to these blasts of color are messages, in Matisse's own handwriting, of his ideas and inspirations. The resulting book is one of the twentieth century's most significant works of art. Katrin Wiethege's introductory essay delves into the artist's method of creating the cut-outs in his studio as well as the painstaking process of printing the book itself. Exquisitely made to resemble the color, printing technique, and paper of the first hand-crafted edition of the book, this volume features Matisse'sunforgettable images and words in all their original splendor.

Revue de presse :

A large format reproduction of Matisse's collection of paper cut outs. Twenty colour plates are reproduced in special inks, alongside Matisse's handwritten messages about his ideas and inspirations. One to treasure. --Independent on Sunday, The Hit List, 19th July 2009

Presented in its entirety for the first time since 1983, the publishers have used special colours, including 16 different tones, so that the 20 illustrations achieve the colour intensity of the original work thus producing a stunning piece of publishing. --Bill Spence, The Yorkshire Gazette & Herald, 29th May 2009

There's magic in the first half hour of one's relationship with a new book. And when you are in the hands of a master colourist like Matisse and can revel in his cut-outs and abandon all cliches about art books, the seduction is complete. --Art Quarterly, Autumn 2009

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Prestel
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 379132392X
• ISBN 13: 9783791323923
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136
• Illustrateur: Matisse Henri