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Maître Brice Pescheteau-Badin
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Maurice DENIS (1870-1943) Illustration project for Sainte Th…
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60
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Maurice DENIS (1870-1943) Illustration project for Sainte Th…
See original version (French)
Estimate €800 - €1,200
Voluntary lot
Description
Maurice DENIS (1870-1943)
Illustration project for Sainte Thérèse, poem by Paul Claudel, 1916*.
Gouache, signed MAUD lower right, resigned, dated 1919 and dedicated to Canon Clément Besse lower left
29 x 18 cm.
Provenance :
- Maurice Denis
- Paul Denis, grandson of the artist
- M. X, Saint Germain-en-Laye
- By descent to the present owners
Attached:
A print, the Sacré-Coeur, signed in black pencil lower left
* Paul Claudel, Sainte Thérèse. Poem
illustrated by Maurice Denis, with woodcuts in blue by Jacques Beltrand. The original edition was published in Paris by Librairie de l'Art Catholique in 1916 in a format of approximately 25.5 cm x 20 cm with woodcuts by Maurice Denis printed in blue.
We would like to thank Fabienne Stahl who kindly confirmed the authenticity of this work.
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