The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Life Becomes Precious, Discreet
1899
(French, 1870–1943)
printer
(French, 1858–1936)
publisher
(French, 1867–1939)
Image: 27.2 x 40.3 cm (10 11/16 x 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 39.1 x 53 cm (15 3/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
Purchase from the Jane B. Tripp Charitable Lead Annuity Trust and partial gift of Stephen Dull 2021.170.12
Catalogue raisonné: Cailler 118
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.- ?-2021(Georgina Kelman Works on Paper, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)December 6, 2021-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Cailler, Pierre. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de Maurice Denis. Geneve: Éditions Pierre Cailler, 1968. Mentioned no. 118
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