Matisse. Cut-outs
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Matisse. Cut-outs
By (Author) Xavier-Gilles Nret
Edited by Gilles Nret
Taschen GmbH
Taschen GmbH
26th November 2018
Germany
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
759.4
Physical Properties
Hardback
412
Width 170mm, Height 240mm
1438g
Description
This fresh edition of the first volume of our original award-winning XXL book provides a thorough historical context to Matisse's cut-outs, tracing their roots in his 1930 trip to Tahiti, through to his final years in Nice. It includes many photos of Matisse, some rare images, by Henri Cartier-Bresson and the filmmaker F. W. Murnau and text from Matisse, publisher E. Teriade, the poets Louis Aragon, Henri Michaux, and Pierre Reverdy, and Matisse's son-in-law Georges Duthuit.
Reviews
An inspirational and ever relevant volume about an inspirational and ever relevant artist. * San Francisco Book Review *
Author Bio
Xavier-Gilles Nret teaches philosophy of art and design at the cole Duperr Paris and University of Paris 1 Panthon-Sorbonne. He studies the connections between art, philosophy, and poetry. His publications include works on Bernard Saby, Daisuke Ichiba, Pakito Bolino, Anne van der Linden and a theoretical essay on graphzines. He lives and works in Paris. Gilles Nret (19332005) was an art historian, journalist, writer, and museum correspondent. He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU Museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He directed art reviews such as L'il and Connaissance des Arts and received the lie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications. His TASCHEN titles include Salvador Dal: The Paintings, Matisse, and Erotica Universalis.
