The Knife Thrower
| The Knife Thrower | |
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| Artist | Henri Matisse |
| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Paper collage |
| Location | Menil Collection, Houston |
The Knife Thrower (French: Le Lanceur De Couteaux) is a paper cut by Henri Matisse from 1947. It is from Jazz, 1947. It is held in the Menil Collection, in Houston.
History
[edit]Tériade, a noted 20th-century art publisher, arranged to have Matisse's cutouts rendered as pochoir (stencil) prints. The Knife Thrower was a popular print from Henri Matisse's Jazz portfolio of pochoir prints.
See also
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