Love
(Amour)
(c. 1897-1898); published 1899
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)
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
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
Physical description
12 plates plus cover.