Matisse: The Red Studio Notebooks & Journals from the mundane—balloons

from the mundane—balloons

Measures approximately 2 3/8 inches in length

Molly explores the humble origins of repair and how the act of mending a cherished item carefully by hand offers not just a practical solution but nourishment for the soul

5" across at widest point

landscapes and portraits

Matisse: The Red Studio Notebooks & Journals from the mundane—balloonsCreated in 1911, Henri Matisses The Red Studio would go on to become one of the most influential works in the history of modern art. The painting, which has hung in MoMAs galleries since 1949, depicts the artists studio in the Parisian suburb of Issy les Moulineaux, filled with his artworks, furniture, and decorative objects. Matisses radical decision to blanket most of the works surface in red has fascinated generations of scholars and artists, yet