Maurice Denis
Elle etait plus belle que les reves (She Was More Beautiful Than Dreams)

Elle etait plus belle que les reves (She Was More Beautiful Than Dreams)

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Elle etait plus belle que les reves (She Was More Beautiful Than Dreams)
ArtistFrench, 1870–1943
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Elle etait plus belle que les reves (She Was More Beautiful Than Dreams)
  • from the series L'amour (Love)
Date1911
PlaceParis, France
MediumLithograph in colors
DimensionsImage: 16 × 11 7/16 in. (40.6 × 29.1 cm)
Sheet: 21 × 15 15/16 in. (53.3 × 40.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection in memory of Virginia Jackson
Object number2001.484
Not on view

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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on the stone, recto, bottom left: "Elle etait plus belle que les réves"
Inscribed in pencil, recto, bottom center of sheet: "764" and bottom right corner "36-9"

The lithograph is signed in pencil, recto, below the lower right plate edge: "Maurice Denis"
verso the blue Jackson Collection stamp is in the bottom left corner

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