Lecture: Matisse’s Cut-Outs—The Development of a New Medium

The exhibition "Matisse’s Jazz: Rhythms in Color" culminates chronologically with two works from the late 1940s: the illustrated book "Jazz" and the mural-like screen print "Océanie - La Mer (Oceania - The Sea)." Yet these works also signal the beginning of a radical new medium that reinvigorated Matisse's late career. Hear from Samantha Friedman, curator of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, as she traces how Matisse’s cut-paper method went from being a design expedient to an independent practice, from a means to a resplendent end. Support for this program was provided by the Allan McNab Endowed Fund.