Elle était plus belle que les rêves

1892/1899

Maurice Denis

Artist, French, 1870 - 1943

Ambroise Vollard

Artist, French, 1867 - 1939

Maurice Denis

Printer, French, 1870 - 1943

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

This object’s media is not available for download. Contact us about image usage.
Not on view See artworks now on view

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on lightweight cream (handmade?) wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 40.5 × 29.3 cm (15 15/16 × 11 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 53 × 40.3 cm (20 7/8 × 15 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3412

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cailler 1968, no. 114

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

1945

  • Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1945.

1954

  • Lithographs by Bonnard, Vuillard, and Maurice Denis, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954.

Bibliography

1968

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

Inscriptions

printed below image, in stone: Elle était plus belle que les réves

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

Q64960491

You may be interested in

Loading Results