This fine art silk screen print is a reproduction of le platane the 1951 serigraph by henri matisse the french artist who helped revolutionize modern art in the 20th century matisse was involved with printmaking for more than fifty years for him it was a personal process an extension of drawing and a means of unwinding after long and intense periods of painting like the pages of his sketchbook this print demonstrates the sense of immediacy and spontaneity in matisses work