“IF I HAVE CONFIENCE IN MY HAND which draws, it is because when I was training it to serve me I resolved never to let it overshadow my feelings. When my hand is paraphrasing my feelings, I am very aware if there is any disagreement between the two of us: between my hand and that undefinable part of me that seems subjugate to it. The hand is but an extension of sensitivity and intelligence. The more it is supple the more it is obedient. Never should the servant girl become the mistress.” -Matisse
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In addition to the catalogue, pale time staining, blue slightly attenuated, scattered pale foxing on the reverse (slightly showing through)
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