Chatting with Henri Matisse: The Lost 1941 Interview

By Henri Matisse

A major interview with Matisse published here for the first time.

Chatting with Henri Matisse: The Lost 1941 Interview is the first publication of an important and extensive interview with the artist. Matisse's own proposed title Bavardages (Chit-chat) captures the informal tone of the conversation. It is an extraordinary document: Matisse, in his own voice, speaking of his life as a painter.

The interview is presented with an introduction by Serge Guilbaut, a preface by Matisse's grandson Claude Duthuit, and an essay by Yve-Alain Bois and Laurence Bertrand Dorl ac.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606061291
• ISBN13: 9781606061299
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Getty Research Institute
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"