The Knife Thrower
| The Knife Thrower | |
|---|---|
| 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 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.
See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Matisse, Henri, The Knife Thrower, from Jazz, retrieved 2026-03-03