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THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
MAURICE DENIS (1870-1943)
Portrait de Marthe lisant
Details
MAURICE DENIS (1870-1943)
Portrait de Marthe lisant
signed 'DENIS' (upper centre)
pastel on paper laid down on board
11 3⁄8 x 9 ½ in. (28.8 x 24.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1891
Portrait de Marthe lisant
signed 'DENIS' (upper centre)
pastel on paper laid down on board
11 3⁄8 x 9 ½ in. (28.8 x 24.2 cm.)
Executed circa 1891
Provenance
The artist's estate.
Madeleine Follain-Denis, Paris, by descent from the above, and thence by descent.
Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris, by whom acquired in 2006.
Acquired from the above on 6 November 2006, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Madeleine Follain-Denis, Paris, by descent from the above, and thence by descent.
Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris, by whom acquired in 2006.
Acquired from the above on 6 November 2006, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, de Renoir à Sam Szafran. Parcours d’un collectionneur, December 2010 - June 2011, no. 74, pp. 164-165 & 267 (illustrated p. 165; titled 'Marthe lisant').
Le Cannet, Musée Bonnard, L'œil d'un collectionneur: Redon & Denis: Rêve, amour, sacré, January - April 2013, p. 126 (illustrated; titled 'Marthe lisant').
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Pastels du 16e au 21e siècle. Liotard, Degas, Klee, Scully..., February - May 2018, no. 67, pp. 107 & 219 (illustrated p. 107; titled 'Marthe lisant').
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Signac et les indépendants: Paris au temps du postimpressionnisme, March - September 2020, no. 333, p. 218 (illustrated; titled 'Marthe lisant').
Le Cannet, Musée Bonnard, L'œil d'un collectionneur: Redon & Denis: Rêve, amour, sacré, January - April 2013, p. 126 (illustrated; titled 'Marthe lisant').
Lausanne, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Pastels du 16e au 21e siècle. Liotard, Degas, Klee, Scully..., February - May 2018, no. 67, pp. 107 & 219 (illustrated p. 107; titled 'Marthe lisant').
Montreal, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Signac et les indépendants: Paris au temps du postimpressionnisme, March - September 2020, no. 333, p. 218 (illustrated; titled 'Marthe lisant').
Further details
Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl will include this work in their forthcoming Denis catalogue raisonné.
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