Black Acrobats

Black AcrobatsThis enchanting Black Acrobats by Henri Matisse was originally a blue coloured lithograph, made from gouache decoupees (cut outs) which were then glued onto paper. Black Acrobats depicts two female nude models arching backwards with one arm out stretched to the ground, almost abstract in composition, but on further inspection there are two clear models, bending, stretching and arching in their enviable synced acrobatic pose. What gives the nudes