Végétaux by Henri Matisse Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) Plate 16 from the Hyakucho

Plate 16 from the Hyakucho Gafu is among the most compositionally open in the series

the subtle tonal gradations of Munch's palette — those deep reds and oceanic blacks — are captured with the precision this painting requires

and graphic confidence

this plate belongs to the tradition of scientific illustration at its most visually compelling

and rhythm — letters stacked and stretched across the picture plane in a way that feels both vintage and urgently contemporary

Végétaux by Henri Matisse Size:S - 29.7 x 42cm (A3) Plate 16 from the Hyakucho'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