The Sword Swallower (L'Avaleur de sabres) from Jazz by Henri Matisse | saved.works

The Sword Swallower (L'Avaleur de sabres) from Jazz by Henri Matisse

The Sword Swallower (L'Avaleur de sabres) from Jazz

1947

One from a portfolio of twenty pochoirs

Museum of Modern Art

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A white abstract profile of a head is shown against a magenta background, with black shapes suggesting eyes and a mouth from which white abstract shapes emerge.

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Fauvism head mouth eye asymmetrical balance flat planes bold outlines flattened picture plane profile abstract figure magenta

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