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Life becomes precious, restrained

Life becomes precious, restrained
(La vie devient prècieuse, discrète)
(c. 1897-1898)
plate 11 from the Amour (Love) suite, published 1899

Medium
colour lithograph

Measurements
27.4 × 40.6 cm (image) 41.0 × 53.3 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, NGV Women's Association with the assistance of Jennifer Lempriere, 2008

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Cailler 118

Printing/Publishing
printed by Auguste Clot, Paris; published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris

Inscription
inscribed in pencil l.r.: Maurice Denis 13
printed in blue ink (in image) l.l.: MAUD (monogram) (in a circle)
printed in grey ink below image l.l.: la vie devient prècieuse, discrète

Accession Number
2008.378.12

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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