Maurice Denis
Evening Memory I

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Artist Maurice Denis French, 1870–1943

CultureFrench

Titles

Evening Memory I

Date1890

PlaceFrance

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 22 × 18 1/4 in. (55.9 × 46.4 cm)
Frame: 27 7/8 × 23 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (70.6 × 59.1 × 6.7 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, museum purchase funded by Audrey Jones Beck

Object number93.207

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

225 Beck Galleries

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

Special Collections

John A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceRoger Marx, Paris, 1893; [unidentified dealer/auction house, Paris, Roger Marx Collection Sale, May 11-12, 1914, lot 20]; [Galerie Druet, Paris, 1914-1928]; [Christie's, London, March 27, 1973, no. 26]; purchased by unknown collector or dealer, London; private collection, California; [Sotheby's, New York, May 12, 1993, lot 136]; purchased by Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, Houston; gift to MFAH, 1993.
Exhibition HistorySalon des Indépendants, Paris, 1891.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscription: Inscribed in blue ink on stretcher, bottom edge, inverted: "Eigendorm: S.U. Doventer. Oberageri" Label (deteriorating) on stretcher top edge: "GALERIE DRUET/ 20, rue Royal, Paris/ 3253" Labeled on frame, top left corner: "3 Sotheby's inventory labels"

Signed and dated in image, lower left corner: "Avril 90" "MAV DENIS" (vertically)

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