Et c'est la caresse de ses mains

1892/1899

Maurice Denis

Artist, French, 1870 - 1943

Ambroise Vollard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1939

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

Maurice Denis

Printer, French, 1870 - 1943

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on thin yellowish/cream wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.8 × 28.7 cm (15 1/4 × 11 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 52.9 × 39.5 cm (20 13/16 × 15 9/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3411

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cailler 1968, no. 115

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d and R in semicircle [not in Lugt]); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1948

  • Paris, The Favorable Climate, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 - 1949.

1970

  • Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth Century French Prints from the Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970.

Bibliography

1968

  • Cailler, Pierre. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie de Maurice Denis. Geneva: Editions Pierre Cailler, 1968.

Inscriptions

bottom center, printed in image: MAUD [artist's monogram]; lower left, below image, in stone: Et c'est la caresse de ses mains

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d); stamped in black ink: Rosenwald stamp, R in semicircle (not in Lugt)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64960488

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