About this artwork
There’s a similar dynamic between The Knife Thrower and The Cowboy (preceding case). Here, the man on the left prepares to execute his trick on the passive female.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Prints and Drawings
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Artist
- Henri Matisse
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Title
- The Knife Thrower, from Jazz
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Place
- France (Artist's nationality)
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Date
- Copyrighted 1947
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Medium
- Color pochoir with gouache on ivory wove paper
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Dimensions
- Sheet, folded: 42.2 × 32.7 cm (16 5/8 × 12 7/8 in.); Sheet, unfolded: 42.2 × 65.5 cm (16 5/8 × 25 13/16 in.)
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Credit Line
- Simeon B. Williams Fund
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Reference Number
- 1948.80.18
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