By 1947, Matisse in his seventies and suffering poor health much preferred the act of cutting forms from painted paper to drawing or painting. It was his intention to use this assemblage technique to illustrate a collection of poems. This book features Matisse's notes, written with a paintbrush in looping letters.

A superior edition of the most admired artists' books in the history of modern art, with beautiful and accurate recreations of Matisse's colorful paper cutouts