Screenprint on 7-ply Grade A Canadian Maplewood Measures 31 x 8 inches Open Edition
Mounting hardware included
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In 1942, Henri Matisse was asked to create a book of colored paper cut-outs. He decided to use his then-preferred technique, filling the pages with carefully crafted collages and clashing colors on gouache-painted paper. His initial inspiration was the circus and its iconography of lonely acrobats, folklore and distant travels. Later, the publisher suggested “Jazz” as a title, which led the artist to visually explore the link between art and musical improvisation.
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The result, on one particular page, was a dark silhouette with a passionately red heart, falling out of a sky of stars.
This, of course, references the fate of Icarus and is said to be inspired by the artist’s concerns over his wife and daughter’s dedication to the Resistance.
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