Matisse Icare Plate 8 of Jazz SkateboardIn 1942, Henri MATISSE was asked to create a book of colored paper cut outs. He decided to use his then preferred and revolutionary technique of cut outs, filling the pages with carefully crafted collages and clashing colors on gouache painted paper. The result, on one particular page, was a dark silhouette with a passionately red heart, falling out of a sky of stars. This, of course, references the fate of Icarus and is said to be inspired by the