The Knife Thrower
1947 collage by Henri Matisse
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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
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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Henri Matisse
- The Back Series (1909–1930)
- Goldfish paintings and etchings (1912–1929)
- Blue Nudes (1952)
- Jazz (1947 book)
- Pierre Matisse (son)
- Paul Matisse (grandson)
- Sophie Matisse (great-granddaughter)
- Lydia Delectorskaya (model)
- Gustave Moreau (teacher)
- Fauvism
- An Essay on Matisse (1996 documentary)
- Matisse (crater)
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