The Knife Thrower

1947 collage by Henri Matisse
The Knife Thrower
ArtistHenri Matisse
Year1947
TypePaper collage
LocationMenil 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.

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