Maurice Denis
Maternite au cypres (Mother and Child Under a Cypress Tree)

Maternite au cypres (Mother and Child Under a Cypress Tree)

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Maternite au cypres (Mother and Child Under a Cypress Tree)
ArtistFrench, 1870–1943
PublisherFrench, 1866–1939
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Maternite au cypres (Mother and Child Under a Cypress Tree)
Date1898
PlaceParis, France
MediumLithograph
DimensionsSheet: 19 1/2 × 12 5/8 in. (49.5 × 32 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection in memory of Virginia Jackson
Object number2001.489
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Object Type
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso, lower right: "Maurice Denis, III 185"
Inscribed in pencil, recto, lower right: "47", and in the lower left: "C103"
Embossed printer's mark, lower right sheet border: An image of a man's profile with the initials "AW"
Initialed on the plate, lower right: "MAVD"
The blue Jackson Collection stamp is in the lower left corner on the back of the work.

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