Thousand and One Nights
Created in 1950, when Henri Matisse was 81 years old and at the time permanently disabled and confined to a wheelchair. During those rough times he had difficulty to sleep and had a drive for creativity with paper cutouts in which resulted with this collage.
We can see how both Shahrazad, the heroine in the story, and Matisse experienced life similarly; both would stay up all night creating these arts in a way to hold off on death.
Jenny Redrovan & Xinli Gao
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