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28 - Maurice DENIS (1870–1943)
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Maurice DENIS (1870–1943) Sancta Martha – 1893 Oil on canvas Signed with the monogram and dated ‘M/A/D/93’ in the lower right-hand corner, titled ‘SCTA ‘MARTHA’ along the top edge 46.5 cm x 38.3 cm Provenance: The artist’s studio Collection of Noële Boulet, his daughter, Clermont-de-l’Oise Collection of Jean-François Denis, his son, Alençon Samuel Josefowitz, Lausanne (acquired from him on 19 June 1984), then passed down through the family Auction, Paris, Christie’s, Sam Josefowitz Collection, 20 October 2023, lot 108 Acquired at this sale by the current owner Louis Grandchamp des Raux Collection Exhibitions: Paris, Galerie Le Barc de Boutteville, ‘A Group of Painters’, October–November 1893, no. 1 Toulouse, Hôtel de La Dépêche, Exhibition organised by La Dépêche de Toulouse, May–June 1894, no. 10 Paris, Galeries de La Plume, Thirteenth Exhibition of the Salon des Cent, July–August 1895, no. 70 Paris, Pavillon de Marsan, Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs, Maurice Denis Exhibition 1888–1924, April–May 1924, no. 37, p. 3 Paris, Palais des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Salon d’Automne, October–November 1944, no. 420, p. 23 Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne, Maurice Denis Exhibition (1870–1943), June 1945, no. 22, reproduced on p. 24 Paris, Musée National d’Art Moderne, Sacred Art: French Works of the 19th and 20th Centuries, November 1950 – January 1951, no. 11, p. 15 Paris, National Museum of Modern Art, Bonnard, Vuillard and the Nabis, 1888–1903, June–October 1955, no. 92, p. 54 Paris, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Maurice Denis, April–May 1963, no. 50 Albi, Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, Maurice Denis, June–September 1963, no. 28, p. 25 Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Maurice Denis, June–August 1970, no. 56, p. 35 Bremen, Kunsthalle; Zurich, Kunsthaus; Copenhagen, Statens Museum for Kunst, Maurice Denis: Paintings, Drawings, Prints, Masterpieces of Post-Impressionism from the Maurice Denis Collection, October 1971 – May 1972, no. 35, p. 40 Honfleur, Grenier à Sel Exhibition Galleries, Maurice Denis, July–August 1975, no. 20, reproduced Pont-Aven, Hôtel de Ville Museum, Maurice Denis, June–September 1979, no. 18, p. 36, reproduced on p. 4 Tokyo, National Museum of Western Art; Kyoto, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, Maurice Denis, September–December 1981, no. 24, plate 24 Lyon, Museum of Fine Arts; Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum; Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery; Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, Maurice Denis 1870–1943, September 1994 – September 1995, no. 62, reproduced on p. 190 Lausanne, Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, From Vallotton to Dubuffet: A Collection in Motion – Acquisitions, Donations, Loans, December 1996 – February 1997 (not in the catalogue) Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven Museum, Maurice Denis and Brittany, The Pont-Aven Lesson, June–October 2009, pp. 86 and 144, no. PA-23, p. 93 Lausanne, Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts, Maurice Denis, Love, 1888–1914, February–May 2021, no. 31, reproduced pp. 114–115 Bibliography: S. Barazzetti-Demoulin, *Maurice Denis, 25 November 1870 – 13 November 1943*, Paris, Grasset, 1945, pp. 222 and 279, reproduced (between pp. 232 and 233) M. Denis, *Journal*, 1884–1904, Vol. I, *La Colombe*, Paris, 1957, No. 5, p. 103 J.-P. Bouillon, *Maurice Denis: The Spiritual in Art*, Gallimard, RMN, Paris, 2006, reproduced on p. 31 J.-J. Lévêque, *Maurice Denis 1870–1943: The Painter of the Soul*, ACR Edition, Paris, 2006, reproduced on p. 11 This work will be included in the catalogue raisonné of the works of Maurice Denis currently being prepared by Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl, under catalogue number 893.0017. Expert assessment: A digital certificate of inclusion issued by Claire Denis and Fabienne Stahl will be provided to the purchaser.
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