The Knife Thrower

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 was one of twenty collage illustrations featured in Matisse's book Jazz, 1947.[1] 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.[1][2] The Knife Thrower was a popular print from Henri Matisse's Jazz portfolio of pochoir prints.

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References

  1. ^ a b "Henri Matisse. The Knife Thrower (Le Lanceur de couteaux) (plate XV, pages 106 and 107) from Jazz. 1943–47, published 1947 | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2026-03-03.
  2. ^ Matisse, Henri, The Knife Thrower, from Jazz, retrieved 2026-03-03