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Matisse: Blue Nude with Green Stockings - Poster libra sign and soft shadows turn aHenri Matisse, Nu bleu aux bas verts (Blue Nude with Green Stockings), 1952. This poster highlights Matisses late cut out practice, the gouaches dcoupes. A deep ultramarine figure moves across a warm ivory ground. Green stockings and fuchsia notes snap the composition into rhythm, while leaf like forms on the right echo the bodys curve. Minimal marks, maximum motion. Matisse, a pioneer of modern color and pared down form, used paper, scissors, and