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Feb 11, 2020

Procession on Pardon at Perros-Guirec

1891

Maurice Denis

(French, 1870–1943)

France

Oil on canvas

Unframed: 55.9 x 46.4 cm (22 x 18 1/4 in.)

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.108

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222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

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A pardon is a ceremony that occurs on the feast of the patron saint of a church often followed by a procession.

Description

One of the leading artists of a group called the Nabis ("Prophets"), Denis rejected naturalism and materialism out of desire to return spirituality to art. His imaginative compositions emphasize flat, decorative shapes and abstract colors. This painting depicts an annual procession in a small village in Brittany held on the feast day of Saint-Jacques. Young women dressed in white lead the procession; they are followed by married women wearing black and carrying a religious icon.

Provenance

1891–1940

Edouard Vuillard [1868-1940] Paris, France, gifted from the artist in 1891 ¹

by 1970

Private Collection, Paris, France ²

after 1984

(Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris, France) ³

by 1992

Private Collection, France ⁴

2020

Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art

2020–

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Provenance Footnotes

¹According to Maurice Denis, 1870-1943 (Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1994), p. 133, cat. no. 14, the painting remained with Vuillard until his death in 1940.

²According to Maurice Denis and Anne Distel, Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tuileries, 3 juin-31 août 1970. (Paris: Ministère d'État, Affaires Culturelles, 1970), cat. no. 60.

³Galerie Hopkins-Custot was founded in 1984 by Waring Hopkins and Stéphane Custot.

⁴According to Anisabelle Berès, Maurice Denis, 1870-1943 (Paris: Huguette Berès, 1992), cat. no. 24.

Citations

Lefevre Galleries, London. Vuillard Et Son Kodak. [Exposition] March 5-26. [London]: Lefevre Gallery, 1964. Mentioned: P. 13, no. 28

Musée de l'Orangerie, Maurice Denis, and Anne Distel. Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tuileries, 3 juin-31 août 1970. Paris, France: Ministère d'État, Affaires culturelles, 1970. Mentioned: no. 60

Maurice Denis. Gemälde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Meisterwerke des Nachimpressionismus aus der Sammlung Maurice Denis. (Ausstellung,) Kunsthaus Zürich, 29. Jan-12. März 1972. (Katalog.). Zürich, 1972. Mentioned: P. 41, no. 39

Berès, Anisabelle. Maurice Denis, 1870-1943. Paris, France: Huguette Berès, 1992. Mentioned: no. 24

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Van Gogh Museum. Maurice Denis, 1870-1943. Lyon: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1994. Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 133, no. 14

Cogeval, Guy, Claire Frèches-Thory, and Gilles Genty. Il tempo dei Nabis: Bonnard, Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Vallotton, Sérusier, Ranson, Roussel. Firenze: Artificio, 1998. Reproduced: P. 60; Mentioned: P. 182, no. 19

Exhibition history

Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tulleries, Paris, France (June 3-13, 1970).

Maurice Denis. Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany; Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Staten Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (1971-1972).

Maurice Denis. Huguett Beres, Paris, France (1992).

Maurice Denis. Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France (September 29-December 18, 1994); Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany (January 22-February 4, 1995); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom (April 21-June 18, 1995).

Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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