Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917

by Stephanie D'Alessandro and John Elderfield

A major reassessment of a critical moment in the work of one of the 20th century's most important artists

The works that Henri Matisse (1869-1954) executed between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic. Often sharply composed, heavily reworked, and dominated by the colors black and gray, these compositions are rigorously abstracted and purged of nearly all descriptive detail. Although they have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300177240
• ISBN13: 9780300177244
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 5.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.0" x 12.5"