Lot n° 73
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120 - 140
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Maurice Denis, (1870 - 1943) - Lot 73
Maurice Denis, (1870 - 1943)
The Terrace, c. 1923
Original lithograph on japon paper (chine volant). Galerie des Peintres-Graveurs, Edmond Frapier, Paris.
Signed and dated in the plate, lower right: MAY.DENIS.23. Unnumbered.
Edition of 525 copies. Published in the album Les Peintres Lithographes de Manet à Matisse, Frapier, Paris.
Dimensions:
Sheet: 27.5 × 36.5 cm / 10⅞ × 14⅜ in.
Image size: 17 × 24.5 cm / 6¾ × 9⅝ in.
Condition: very good condition. Some scattered foxing. Unframed. .
One of Maurice Denis's most intimate family compositions, depicting his wife Marthe and daughters on the sunny terrace of their villa in Fiesole, near Florence. The Tuscan cypress trees and rolling hills create the contemplative, almost sacred atmosphere characteristic of his domestic scenes.
Literature: L'œuvre gravé et lithographié, Pierre Cailler, no. 142.
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