Birth Announcement for Marthe Mellerio
1896
Artist, French, 1870 - 1943

Artwork overview
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Medium
lithograph printed in gray and brown on wove paper [proof, missing blue stone]
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
sheet: 12.6 × 18.9 cm (4 15/16 × 7 7/16 in.)
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Accession
2019.179.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Cailler 1968, no. 90
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Henri Marie Petiet [1894-1980] (Lugt 5031); (his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 6 December 2007, lot 38); (C.G. Boerner, NY); Tom Firman, Seattle, WA; Gift to NGA, 2019.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1968
Cailler, Pierre. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie de Maurice Denis. Geneva: Editions Pierre Cailler, 1968: no. 90.
Inscriptions
lower right in graphite: Maurice Denis; lower right corner in graphite: 90; in stone: Monsieur et Madame André / Mellerio ont le / plaísir de vous annon / cer qu’il leur est né / une fille / marthe / le 29 Mars 1896 11 bis rue Portalis; lower right verso in graphite: 510052
Markings
stamped lower right verso in black ink: H.M.P. [inside oval] (Lugt 5031)