Maurice Denis
Les Attitudes sont faciles et chastes (Attitudes Are Simple and Chaste)

Les Attitudes sont faciles et chastes (Attitudes Are Simple and Chaste)

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Les Attitudes sont faciles et chastes (Attitudes Are Simple and Chaste)
ArtistFrench, 1870–1943
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Les Attitudes sont faciles et chastes (Attitudes Are Simple and Chaste)
  • from the series L'Amour (Love)
Datepublished 1895
PlaceFrance
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 number2001.483
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, lower left: "Les attitudes sont faciles et chastes"
Stamped in blue, verso, lower left, is the donors' collection stamp: "VIJ"
The lithograph is unsigned.
The blue Jackson Collection stamp is in the lower left corner on the back of the work.

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