Book blurb:
Throughout a long and brilliant career, Henri Matisse (1869–1954) produced hundreds of works of art in many different media. In this representative collection of his line drawings and prints, 50 graphic works have been brought together from almost every period of his life. They illustrate the sensuous and open style of Matisse, one of the undisputed geniuses of the twentieth century, and deliver a lesson in the incredible possibilities of the pure line.