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Note to moderator: read the answerline carefully. One of these works that is often read as a self-portrait and as an homage to Rembrandt's David Playing the Harp Before Saul centers on a black-cloaked figure holding a lute or guitar, and is titled The Sadness of the King. In another of these works, irregular yellow stars and a blue field surround the central figure, whose only visible feature is a red circle over its heart. (15[1])Lydia Delectorskaya helped create many of these works, and wrote (15[1])explanatory notes for a series including The (*) Swimmer in the Tank, Pierrot's Funeral, and Icarus. One of these works titled Le Bateau inadvertently spent 47 days hanging upside-down in the MoMA. A series of lithographs were made from a quartet of these works titled Blue Nude. The art book Jazz collects many (10[1])examples of, for 10 points, what gouache-and-paper works by the Fauvist painter of The Dance? ■END■

ANSWER: paper cut-outs by Henri (Émile Benoît) Matisse [accept Henri Matisse's collages or Henri Matisse's decoupage works; prompt on collages or decoupage works alone; prompt on Henri Matisse's paper works]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
JJ TsaiRutgers DiasporaMaryland A7415
Grant PeetGlass Onyen: A Knives Out MysteryFan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them8415
Vincent DuThe Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 NegsMaryland B+13610

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