This fresh edition of TASCHEN’s award-winning XXL volume explores Matisse’s gouaches decoupées, produced during the final years of his life. Discover the complete history of these bright, bold cut-outs through rare photographs by the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson and F. W. Murnau, as well as texts from poets like Louis Aragon, Matisse’s son-in-law Georges Duthuit, and the master himself.