Henri Matisse
Artwork Detail
Matisse initially started making paper cut-outs as a form of maquette or model for larger decorative commissions. In later life they became a way of exploring the images he wanted for paintings, but which he now struggled to create because of ill health. By the mid-1940s, when Four Rose Windows was made, they had become a central focus of his work, bringing form down to its absolute essential. The work may be a preparatory design for a book cover, possibly for the Chapel of the Rosary at Vence on the French Riviera, where he also designed the stained glass windows.
- Title
- Les quatre rosaces aux motifs bleus (Four rose windows with blue motifs)
- Artist/creator
- Henri Matisse
- Production date
- circa 1949
- Medium
- gouache on cut paper pasted on paper support and mounted on canvas
- Dimensions
- 369 x 534 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Julian and Josie Robertson through the Auckland Art Gallery Foundation, 2023
- Accession no
- 2023/6/6
- Other ID
- X2009/12/6 Former Exhibition Number
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- International Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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