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Après-midi dans les bois
Details
Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
Après-midi dans les bois
signed with initials and dated 'MAVD 1900' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 39½ in. (73.5 x 100.3 cm.)
Painted in 1900
Après-midi dans les bois
signed with initials and dated 'MAVD 1900' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28¾ x 39½ in. (73.5 x 100.3 cm.)
Painted in 1900
Provenance
Galleria del Levante, Milan (by 1966).
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul, New York (acquired from the above, 1969).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1971.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur G. Altschul, New York (acquired from the above, 1969).
Gift from the above to the present owner, 1971.
Exhibited
Milan, Galleria del Levante, Maurice Denis, June-July 1966, no. 19 (illustrated).
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, June-August 1970, p. 58, no. 158 (illustrated, p. 61).
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Puvis de Chavannes and the Modern Tradition, October-November 1975, no. 59 (illustrated).
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, June-August 1970, p. 58, no. 158 (illustrated, p. 61).
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Puvis de Chavannes and the Modern Tradition, October-November 1975, no. 59 (illustrated).
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.
Further details
*This lot may be tax exempt from the sales tax as set forth in the Sales Tax Notice at the back of the catalogue.
Sale room notice
Mrs. Claire Denis will include this painting in her forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the work of Maurice Denis. Please note the correct title is L'Enfant Jésus à la belle verdure.
Please also note the following additional exhibition information:
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1900, no. 8.
Brussels, Libre Esthétique, 1901, no. 164.
Vienna, Sécession, 1903, no. 219.
Budapest, 1903, no. 17.
Milan, Rome, and Munich, Gallerai del Levante, Maurice Denis, 1966-1967, illustrated (incorrectly titled and dated Pomeriggio nel bosco, 1908).
Munster, Maurice Denis, 1967, no. 24 (illustrated).
Please also note the following additional exhibition information:
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, 1900, no. 8.
Brussels, Libre Esthétique, 1901, no. 164.
Vienna, Sécession, 1903, no. 219.
Budapest, 1903, no. 17.
Milan, Rome, and Munich, Gallerai del Levante, Maurice Denis, 1966-1967, illustrated (incorrectly titled and dated Pomeriggio nel bosco, 1908).
Munster, Maurice Denis, 1967, no. 24 (illustrated).