This is a fine art print reproduction of nu bleu iv by henri matisse one of a series of four blue nudes he created in 1952 in preparation for creating these cut out nudes he filled a notebook with studies as well as drawing influences from his collection of african sculpture and his visit to tahiti in 1930 this particular image shows the many changes matisse made in the process of and refining his vision matisses assistant at the time recalled that nu bleu iv demanded so many adj