Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 (Art Institute of Chicago) by John Elderfield

Yale University Press, 2010-04-27. Hardcover. Good.

Yale University Press. Fine in Very Good Dust Jacket. 2010. Hardcover. 4to. 368 pp. P6 .

New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010, 2010. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9x1x12. First Edition. 4to. 368 pp. b/w and color illustrations. Gray cloth lettered in black at spine and blind-stamped at front board. Light rubbing and shelf-wear. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket.

Yale University Press, 2010. Hardcover. New.

Yale University Press. Used - Very Good. 2010. Cloth, dj. Folio. 368 pp. 515 color illustrations, 138 black & white illustrations. Mild shelf wear to dust jacket. Altogether a copy in Very Good condition. (Subject: Art & Graphic Design.)

Yale University Press, 2010 4to (33.5 cm), 368 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj frayed at extremities, two tears top near the spine, binding and text fine). "
The works that Henri Matisse (1869-1954) executed between late 1913 and 1917 are among his most demanding, experimental, and enigmatic. Often sharply composed, heavily reworked, and dominated by the colors black and gray, these compositions are rigorously abstracted and purged of nearly all descriptive detail. Although they have typically been treated as unrelated to one another, as aberrations within the artist's oeuvre, or as singular responses to Cubism or World War I, Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913-1917 reveals the deep connections among them and their critical role in an ambitious, cohesive project that took the act of creation itself as its main focus. This book represents the first sustained examination of Matisse's output from this important period, revealing fascinating information about his working method,… Read More

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