Végétaux by Henri Matisse Size:M - 50 x 70cm The interplay of shape and

The interplay of shape and color invites closer inspection of its carefully considered composition and proportion

rewarding careful looking at every scale

Yoshida's use of light to model form gives the figure unexpected sculptural presence

Every coastline and contour line remains precisely legible

Végétaux by Henri Matisse Size:M - 50 x 70cm The interplay of shape and'Vgtaux' ('Plants') belongs to the body of large format cut outs Matisse created in the early 1950s, when physical limitation led him to work at an architectural scale with painted and cut paper. Organic leaf and frond forms, rendered in flat chromatic fields, are assembled into a composition that breathes with botanical rhythm. There is a directness in the shapes each one cut in a single confident gesture that gives the work an almost monumental