The Knife Thrower
1947 collage by Henri Matisse
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The Knife Thrower (French: Le Lanceur De Couteaux) is a paper cut by Henri Matisse from 1947. It was one of twenty collage illustrations featured in Matisse's book Jazz, 1947.[1] It is held in the Menil Collection, in Houston.
| The Knife Thrower | |
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| Artist | Henri Matisse |
| Year | 1947 |
| Type | Paper collage |
| Location | Menil Collection, Houston |
History
Tériade, a noted 20th-century art publisher, arranged to have Matisse's cutouts rendered as pochoir (stencil) prints.[1][2] The Knife Thrower was a popular print from Henri Matisse's Jazz portfolio of pochoir prints.