In the final years of his life Matisse gradually abandoned painting and began to cut into painted paper with scissors as his primary technique to make maquettes for a number of commissions, from books and stained glass window designs to tapestries and ceramics. A groundbreaking reassessment of the colourful and innovative final works of a modern master, with a focus on the studio, and a chronological structure, this book re-examines the cut-outs in terms of the methods and materials that Matisse used.