1947
1947.
It is a paper cut-out with gouache color.
Probably because he thought of Icarus, who lost the wings his father had made for him, and fell into the sea.
Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California
Icarus After the Fall - 2006 is rated/received certificates of: New Zealand:PG (self applied)
Matisse was very experimental with his work; he used a variety of oil pastels, pencil and ink to paper cuttings and making sculptures.
In Ovid's story of Daedalus and Icarus, Icarus's wings fall off because he flies too close to the sun, ignoring his father's warnings. The heat from the sun melts the wax that holds his wings together, causing them to disintegrate. As a result, Icarus plummets into the sea, illustrating the consequences of hubris and disregard for limits.
Icarus flies too close to the sun, and the wax holding his wings together melts. -
He didn't, which is why the wax melted off them and they fell apart, causing Icarus to fall to his death.
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Icarus flew too close to the sun. The sun's heat melted the wax that held the feathers, causing Icarus to fall to his death.
Both show Icarus drowning after the wax holding his wings together has melted. [APEX]