Последното артистично завещание на Матис

Резюме на революционния му късен период, плюс безупречно точно копие на Jazz


Това двутомно издание, включва абсолютно точно копие на плодотворната работа с изрезки на Матис. Jazz, легендарният албум с двадесет цветни разпечатки с калиграфски текст, приет за шедьовър сред художествените книги на 20-ти век.


Репутацията на Хенри Матис (1869-1954) като най-значимият художник на модерната ера е конкурирана само от Пикасо-който пък казва че: " Като обмисля всичко добре, съществува само Матис"

Към самия край на монументалната си кариера като художник, скулптор и литограф, възрастният вече и болнав Матис не е можел да стои изправен и да използва четката си за дълъг период от време.
В тази късна фаза на живота си- почти на 80 години- той развива техниката на изрязване на ярки форми от хартия.
Тези gouaches decoup?es (живи изрезки) представляват революция в модерното изкуство, макар че тяхната простота е определяна от много критици като лудост на един изкуфял старец .
По-късни критики доказват, че Матис е открил брилянтното решение на стария като света конфликт между линията и цвета-нещо, което е дало тласък на цели поколения съвременни артисти.

Matisse’s Final Artistic Legacy

A compendium of his revolutionary late-period work, plus a flawless facsimile of Jazz

This two-volume edition includes a perfect facsimile of Matisse"s seminal cut-out work. Jazz, the legendary album of twenty color prints with calligraphic text, recognized as a masterpiece among artist books of the 20th century.

The reputation of Henri Matisse (1869–1954) as the most important artist of the modern era is rivaled only by Picasso—who himself said, "All things considered, there is only Matisse." Towards the end of his monumental career as a painter, sculptor, and lithographer, an elderly, sickly Matisse was unable to stand and use a paintbrush for a longer period of time. In this late phase of his life – he was almost 80 years of age – he developed the technique of creating brightly colored paper cut-outs. These gouaches decoupe"es (gouache cut-outs) represented a revolution in modern art, yet their simplicity was dismissed by many critics as the folly of a senile old man. Later critics realized that Matisse had found a brilliant solution to the age-old conflict between line and color—one that would profoundly influence generations of artists to come.

Printed on paper similar to the 1947 edition, the facsimile volume allows readers to experience Jazz in its original, unbound form.

* Printed in 18 colors on a small offset press, 4 pages at a time, to obtain the highest fidelity to the original
* Printed on Old Mill in 190 g/m^(2) from Italian paper mill Fedrigoni. This paper is of archival quality and has a felt-like softness, much like handmade paper
* As with the original, this reprint is unbound and folded in signatures of 4 pages. It is protected by a French folded jacket and a hard-backed cover


The second volume 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. Also included are other pivotal works from his later career, including his contributions to Verve magazine and his exquisite decoration of the Vence Chapel. Includes rare and historic photographs by Matisse taken in Tahiti, as well as photos of Matisse by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Brassai", and the filmmaker Murnau. The text is supplemented by quotations from Matisse, Picasso, E. Te"riade (the publisher of Jazz and Verve), the poets Louis Aragon, Henri Michaux, and Pierre Reverdy, and Matisse"s son-in-law, Georges Duthuit.

About the editors:
Gilles Ne"ret (1933–2005) 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"OEil and Connaissance des Arts and received the Elie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications. His TASCHEN titles include Salvador Dali": The Paintings, Matisse, and Erotica Universalis.

Xavier-Gilles Ne"ret is a teacher of Philosophy in the region of Paris. Like his father Gilles Ne"ret he is passionate about philosophy, as well as poetry and art. He has been working on the figures who unite these disciplines, notably Ste"phane Mallarme". He is also interested in less known figures such as the poet Claude Tarnaud or the artists Barnard Saby and Pascal Doury, on which he has published books and articles.