Ce fut un religieux mystère

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: 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

  • 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

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