Matisse: Cutting Into Colour

ThesubjectofthisexhibitioncatalogueisthedonationbytheMatissefamilyofsome400papercut-outstotheMuséeMatisseduLeCateau-Cambrésisin2012.Thesepaintedcut-outsservedasapaletteofformsandcoloursforMatisse，andwhenhediedtherewerealmostathousandofthemleftinhisstudio.Theyarepresentedforthefirsttimeinthiscatalogue，whichprovidesauniquewindowintotheworkingprocessbehindsomeofMatisse’smostimportantworksandrevealsanewfacetofhiscreativity.