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Twilights have the softness of old paintings

Twilights have the softness of old paintings
(Les Crépuscules ont une douceur d'ancienne peinture)
 1898
plate 6 from the Amour (Love) suite, published 1899

Medium
colour lithograph
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Women's Association with the assistance of Jennifer Lempriere, 2008
Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Medium
colour lithograph
Measurements
39.8 × 29.9 cm (image) 52.8 × 41.0 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cailler 113
Printing/Publishing
printed by Auguste Clot, Paris; published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Maurice Denis 45
printed in pink ink (in image) l.r.c.: M / A / U / D 98
printed in yellow ink below image l.l.c.: les Crépuscules ont une douceur / d'anciennes peinture
Accession Number
2008.378.7
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Women's Association with the assistance of Jennifer Lempriere, 2008
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display

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