Description

The Blue Nudes is a series of color lithographs by Henri Matisse made from cut-outs depicting nude figures in various positions. Restricted by his physical condition after his surgery for stomach cancer, Matisse began creating art by cutting and painting sheets of paper by hand and supervised the creation of the lithographs until his death in 1954.

Henri Matisse (French, 1869–1954). *Blue Nude II (Nu bleu

II).* Spring 1952. Gouache on paper, cut and pasted, on white

paper, mounted on canvas. 45 3/4 × 35″ (116.2 × 88.9 cm).

Musée national d’art moderne/Centre de création

industrielle, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Purchase, 1984.