Design for a Fan: the Engagement Party of Yvonne Lerolle (recto)

1898

Maurice Denis

Associated Names
Maurice Denis

Artist, French, 1870 - 1943

The image shows swirling, flowing lines and shapes, giving it an abstract quality. The lines suggest human figures engaged in conversation around a table. A vase with stylized flowers is also present. The color palette includes soft shades of orange, purple, and red.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and pastel with watercolor on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Helen Porter and James T. Dyke Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 32.1 x 49.2 cm (12 5/8 x 19 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2010.33.1.a

Associated Artworks

Design for a Fan: Dance on the Terrace at Saint Germain (verso)

Maurice Denis

1898

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Artist's atelier in 1943. (sale, Piasa, 12 December 2008, no. 124). (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased 2010 by NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2012

  • Color, Line, Light: French Drawings, Watercolors, and Pastels from Delacroix to Signac. Musée des impressionnismes Giverny and National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, 2012, 106, 160, no. 56 (color; recto only). (French title: De Delacroix à Signac: Dessins de la collection Dyke.)

Bibliography

2009

  • Paul Prouté S. A.. Dessins. Paris, 2009: no.33.

Markings

Denis's studio stamp MAUD (not in Lugt)

Wikidata ID

Q64608872

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