Catalogue for a major exhibition with a focus on these early years in detail - co-curated by Jack Cowart and Dominique Fourcade - 2 important Matisse scholars, 366 pp with extensive essays full of archival photographs of the interiors of Matisse's home and studio - giving great detail to the forms we find in the pictures of the period. 232 colour plates full catalogue of 169 works plus bibliography and chronology. A massive reference source, VG in original paper covers.