''The Knife Thrower'' (French: ''Le Lanceur De Couteaux'') is a paper cut by

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from 1947. It is from ''

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, 1947.'' It is held in the

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, in

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, a noted

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, arranged to have Matisse's cutouts rendered as pochoir (

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) prints. ''The Knife Thrower'' was a popular print from

's ''

'' portfolio of pochoir prints.

History

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