Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures

Series Title: Love, Amour

1899

Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1867–1939)

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Culture

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper

Measurements

Image: 28 x 40.2 cm (11 x 15 13/16 in.); Sheet: 40.5 x 52.9 cm (15 15/16 x 20 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull 2021.170.10

Catalogue raisonné

Cailler 116

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Location

Not on view

Did You Know?

Maurice Denis was a devout Catholic and often drew visual connections between his wife, Marthe, the subject of this print series, and the Virgin Mary.

Description

Maurice Denis belonged to the Nabis, a group of artists who came together in 1889 to pursue a radical new style informed by subjective experience and emotion. This print is from a series in which Denis explored his devotion to his wife, Marthe, by depicting her in a variety of settings alongside titles drawn from his own journal. The vague but evocative images were meant to encourage the viewer to draw connections to the theme and meditate on its meaning.

A horizontally oriented color lithograph, printed in muted pinks and gold with flat, decorative patterns, depicts two women with light skin. On our right, a woman in a black dress leans over a table, head resting on her hand with closed eyes. To our left, a mirror reflects a face beside a yellow lamp. A patterned tablecloth holds sheet music and a pink rose. Text below reads, "nos Ã¢mes, en des gestes lents."

Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures

1899

Maurice Denis, August Clot, Ambroise Vollard

(French, 1870–1943), (French, 1858–1936), (French, 1867–1939)

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