La vie devient précieuse, discrète

1892/1899

Maurice Denis

Artist, French, 1870 - 1943

Ambroise Vollard

Publisher, French, 1866 - 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: 27.1 × 40.5 cm (10 11/16 × 15 15/16 in.)
    sheet: 39.3 × 53.1 cm (15 1/2 × 20 7/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1943.3.3415

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cailler 1968, no. 118

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1932d); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1948

  • Kenneth Taylor Galleries, Nantucket, MA, 1948.

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

1950

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

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

center left, printed in image: MAUD [artist's monogram]; lower left, below image, in stone: La vie devient précieuse, discrète; lower right in black chalk: Maurice Denis, 82

Markings

verso, stamped in black ink: National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection (Lugt 1932d)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q64960498

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