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Maurice Denis
French, 1870–1943
Life Becomes Precious and Discreet
1898
Image Caption
Maurice Denis, Life Becomes Precious and Discreet, 1898, color lithograph on wove paper. Clark Art Institute, 1962.47
Medium
color lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 11 1/4 x 15 15/16 in. (28.5 x 40.5 cm)
sheet: 16 1/8 x 20 7/8 in. (41 x 53 cm)
Object Number
1962.47
Acquisition
Acquired by the Clark, 1962
Status
Off View
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Cambridge (MA): Massachusetts Institute of Technology.. Images of the Feminine in the Belle Epoch. Dec. 1, 1972-Jan. 6, 1973.
Johnson, Una E. Ambroise Vollard, Éditeur, 1867-1939: An Appreciation and Catalogue. New York: Wittenborn and Company, 1944.
Johnson, Una E. Ambroise Vollard, Éditeur: Prints, Books, Bronzes. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1977.Cailler, Pierre. Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre grave et lithographié de Maurice Denis. San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 2000.