Maurice Denis
Sur le Canape d'argent Pale (On the Pale Silver Couch)

ArtistFrench, 1870–1943
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Sur le Canape d'argent Pale (On the Pale Silver Couch)
  • from the series L'Amour (Love)
Date1898
MediumLithograph in colors on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 20 1/2 × 15 3/4 in. (52.1 × 40 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection in memory of Virginia Jackson
Object number2001.482
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
Inscribed in blue on plate, lower left: "Sur le Canapé d'argent pale"
Initialed on plate, lower right, in red "M/A/D/ 98"
The blue Jackson Collection stamp is in the lower left corner on the back of the work.

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