Color Unbound: Henri Matisse 1941-1954

Published to accompany the major exhibition opening at the Grand Palais, Paris, Color Unbound reveals the dazzlingly original work of Matisse's final years.

1941 marked a turning point in the life and work of Henri Matisse. At the age of seventy-two, he underwent major surgery that left him physically fragile. Yet Matisse viewed this moment not as a setback but as an opportunity "to make the greatest progress of my life." From that point until his death in 1954, he entered one of the most in...