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Eva Meurier in a Green Dress

1891

Maurice Denis

(French, 1870–1943)

France, 19th century

Oil on canvas

Framed: 72.7 x 56.5 x 6.4 cm (28 5/8 x 22 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.); Overall: 55 x 38 cm (21 5/8 x 14 15/16 in.)

Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 2002.92

Location

223 20th Century Avant-Garde

Fun Fact

Maurice Denis painted this early in his career, when he was only 21.

Description

This portrait of the artist’s sister-in-law, Eva Meurier, expresses her talent as a musician through the fine, sinuous hands, while her face seems imperturbably focused on intimate thoughts. Denis intentionally painted the portrait on a fragment of an abandoned picture, hints of which cleverly appear in the openings in the background and around the edges of the composition, as if Eva’s portrait is emerging from an earlier painting.

Provenance
Maurice Denis; one of his sons until 2002.
Citations
"Off the walls." Fine Art Connoisseur 18, no.4 (August 2021):128. Reproduced p.128
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec. Exposition Maurice Denis; peintures, aquarelles, dessins, lithographies, du 28 juin au 29 septembre 1963, Musée Toulouse-Lautrec. Albi.1963. Mentioned: P. 23, cat.no. 14; Reproduced: Pl. 1, cat. no. 14
Chapin, Mary Weaver. “Music Chez Soi.’” In Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900. Mary Weaver Chapin and Heather Lemonedes Brown, 142-186. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021. Mentioned: P. 144; Reproduced: P. 157, no. 83
Exhibition history

CMA (organizer). Beijing World Art Museum, China, May 26 - Aug. 27, 2006; Mori Arts Center, Tokyo, Japan: Sept. 9 - Nov. 26, 2006; Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea: Dec. 18, 2006 - March 31, 2007; Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea: Apr. 7 - May 20, 2007; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: June 9 - Sept. 16, 2007; Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct. 21, 2007- January 13, 2008; Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, Feb. 21-June 1, 2008; Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT, June 22 - September 21, 2008; and the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, October 12, 2008 - January 18, 2009: "Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art"

Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum, China (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).

Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (July 1-September 19, 2021); Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (co-organizer) (October 23, 2021-January 23, 2022).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2002.92