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"In the late 1940s, suffering from ill health, the French artist Henri Matisse retired his paintbrush. A spirit as creative as his, however, was not to be restrained. Until his death in 1954, the trailblazing colorist snipped and tore gouache-coated paper into graphic shapes that he assembled into vibrant compositions. Debuting at London\u2019s Tate Modern this spring, the exhibition \u201CHenri Matisse: The Cut Outs\u201D features some 120 of these works, from figurative pieces\u2014botanical tableaux, nudes\u2014to playful abstracts such as The Snail, a nine-foot-square 1953 masterpiece that is as striking today as ever. April 17\u2013September 7; tate.org.uk\n\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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