Les attitudes sont faciles et chastes

1892/1899, published 1911

Maurice Denis

Artist, French, 1870 - 1943

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1867 - 1939

Maurice Denis

Printer, French, 1870 - 1943

Auguste Clot

Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on thin yellowish/cream wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 38.5 x 27.6 cm (15 3/16 x 10 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 53 x 39 cm (20 7/8 x 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3413

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cailler 1968, no. 109

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.

1948

  • Watkins Gallery, American University, Washington, 1948.

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

1950

  • Vollard, Connoisseur, National Gallery of Art, 1950 – 1951.

1951

  • French Nineteenth-Century, Maryville College, TN, 1951.

1954

  • Lithographs by Bonnard, Vuillard, and Maurice Denis, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 19

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

lower left, below image in stone: Les attitude sont faciles et chastes

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

Q64960492

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