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View at the museum ↗Twilights Have the Softness of Old Painting, plate six from Love
Maurice Denis1898, published 1899
- Attribution
- Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943) published by Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867-1939)
- Medium
- Lithograph in pink, green, and yellow on light ivory wove paper
- Physical dimensions
- Image: 40 × 29.9 cm (15 3/4 × 11 13/16 in.); Sheet: 53 × 40.5 cm (20 7/8 × 16 in.)
- Credit line
- John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection
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These 12 prints come from Love , a series of color lithographs that form a disjointed narrative about a woman who experiences love, although it is unclear if she is falling in love with a man, nature, or her faith. Each soft and dreamlike image is paired with a caption of fragmented poetry that serves as its title, but these phrases do not directly describe their corresponding images. Maurice Denis, who was also a writer, crafted these puzzling yet evocative captions to add layers of meaning through the interplay of text and image.
Description: Art Institute of Chicago · CC BY 4.0