Collection Online
Medium
suite of 13 colour lithographs
Measurements
(1) 53.9 × 43.4 cm irreg. (image) 58.8 × 44.8 cm irreg. (sheet)
(2) 26.8 × 41.1 cm (image) 40.8 × 53.2 cm (sheet)
(3) 38.6 × 28.0 cm (image) 53.4 × 40.7 cm (sheet)
(4) 38.5 × 28.7 cm (image) 53.3 × 40.3 cm irreg. (sheet)
(5) 42.0 × 29.7 cm (image) 53.6 × 41.1 cm (sheet)
(6) 38.7 × 27.9 cm (image) 53.6 × 40.9 cm irreg. (sheet)
(7) 39.8 × 29.9 cm (image) 52.8 × 41.0 cm (sheet)
(8) 40.5 × 29.2 cm (image) 53.5 × 40.4 cm (sheet)
(9) 39.2 × 28.9 cm (image) 53.3 × 40.8 cm (sheet)
(10) 28.3 × 40.2 cm (image) 40.4 × 53.3 cm (sheet)
(11) 40.9 × 29.1 cm (image) 53.2 × 40.9 cm (sheet)
(12) 27.4 × 40.6 cm (image) 41.0 × 53.3 cm (sheet)
(13) 44.9 × 29.5 cm (image) 53.7 × 40.6 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Callier 107-119
Printing/Publishing
printed by Auguste Clot, Paris; published by Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Inscription
(1) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Maurice Denis
printed (vertically) in image u.l.: M / A / U / D
printed in image u.l.: amour / DOUZE LITHOGRAPHIES / en coleurs
(2) printed in green ink below image l.l.: allégorie
(3) printed in brown ink below image l.l.: Les attitudes sont faciles et chastes
(4) printed in pink ink (in image) l.c.: MAUD (monogram) (in a circle)
printed in pink ink below image l.l.: le bouquet matinal, les larmes
(5) inscribed in pencil below image l.r.: Maurice Denis
printed in blue ink below image l.r.: Ce fut un religieux mystère
(6) inscribed in pencil below image l.r.: Maurice Denis
printed in grey-green ink (in image) u.c. MAUD (monogram) (in a circle)
printed in grey-green ink below image l.l.: le chevalier n'est pas mort à la croisade
stamped in purple ink on reverse l.l.: DOUANES / PARIS / EX IONS (custom's stamp)
(7) 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
(8) inscribed in pencil l.r.: Maurice Denis
printed in green ink below image l.l.: Elle était plus belle que les rêves
(9) inscribed in pencil below image l.r.: Maurice Denis
printed in green ink (in image) l.c.: MAUD (monogram) (in a circle)
printed in green ink below image l.l.: Et c'est la caresse de ses mains
(10) inscribed in pencil below image l.r.: Maurice Denis
printed in brown ink below image l.l.: nos âmes, en des gestes lents
(11) printed in rose ink (in image) l.r.: M / A / U / D 98
printed in blue ink below image l.l.: sur le canapé d'argent pâle
(12) 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
(13) printed in sepia ink (in image) l.r.: MAUD (monogram) (in a circle)
printed in blue ink below image l.l.: XII Mais c'est le coeur qui bat trop vite
Accession Number
2008.378.1-13
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
Gallery location
Not on display
Physical description
12 plates plus cover.