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the centre rendered in stippled gradation
Fine detail is preserved across the full range of values
confident brushwork and the way colour is layered to suggest light rather than simply depict it
and deeply rooted in a centuries-old dialogue between painter and nature
The circus by Henri Matisse Size:XL - 84.1 x 118.9cm (A0) the centre rendered in stippled'The Circus' is among the most joyful plates from Matisse's landmark 1947 artist's book 'Jazz' a series created by cutting and arranging painted paper with a freedom he described as 'drawing with scissors'. Against a stark white ground, vivid figures tumble and soar in flat silhouette, their energy contained by the composition's rhythmic structure. The work captures the atmosphere of the big top with the same directness Matisse brought to everything: