Ce fut un religieux mystère
1892/1899
Artist, French, 1870 - 1943
Publisher, French, 1867 - 1939
Printer, French, 1870 - 1943
Printer, French, 1858 - 1936

Artwork overview
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Medium
color lithograph on thin yellowish/cream wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 41.5 × 29.2 cm (16 5/16 × 11 1/2 in.)
sheet: 52.8 × 39.8 cm (20 13/16 × 15 11/16 in.) -
Accession
1943.3.3421
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Catalogue Raisonné
Cailler 1968, no. 111
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
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.
1960
Artist-Writers: Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1960.
1963
American Federation of Arts, 1963.
1972
Lithography in the 19th Century: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Rosenwald Collection, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, 1972 – 1973.
Bibliography
1968
Cailler, Pierre. Catalogue raisonne de l'oeuvre grave et lithographie de Maurice Denis. Geneva: Editions Pierre Cailler, 1968.
Inscriptions
lower right, below image, in stone: Ce fut un religieux mystère
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
Q64960511