Maurice Denis
Nos âmes en des gestes lents (Our Souls, In Slow Movement)

ArtistFrench, 1870–1943
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Nos âmes en des gestes lents (Our Souls, In Slow Movement)
  • from the series L'Amour (Love)
Datec. 1892–1899
MediumLithograph in colors on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 16 × 20 7/8 in. (40.6 × 53.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection in memory of Virginia Jackson
Object number2001.481
Non exposé

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Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "Post-Impressionism in Prints: A Promised Gift from the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 12, 2000 - February 4, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Printed on the stone, at the lower left: "Nos âmes, en des gestes lents"

Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower left: "Z 00 739"
The lithograph is signed in pencil, recto, beneath the lower right plate edge: "Maurice Denis"
The blue Jackson Collection stamp is in the lower left corner on the back of the work.

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