When Henri Matisse was 71 years old, he got so sick he could no longer paint or sculpt. But, he didn't give up! A pair of scissors and colored paper became the tools for some of his most creative and inspiring work. Working from life and the vivid memories of trips to the South Pacific he cutout masterworks of abstraction and joy. Students see how he first cust small paper "maquettes" to be used as models in creating books, prints, fabric and stained glass. For murals, he'd pin bits and pieces to his bedroom wall until he and his assistants had created murals as big as 53 feet long.

Title on container: Henri Matisse : patterns & paper.