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Maurice Denis — La Visitation à la Ville Montrouge
Maurice Denis

La Visitation à la Ville Montrouge

1896

La Visitation à la Ville Montrouge presents Maurice Denis at the height of his Nabi period, translating the sacred into the intimate register that defined his most celebrated work. Executed in 1896 as part of the landmark suite L'Album des peintres-graveurs, this lithograph renders a biblical encounter through the flattened forms and devotional quietude that Denis had made distinctly his own. Figures move through an urban setting with a processional calm, their contours simplified and their surroundings stripped of superfluous detail, drawing the eye inward toward the emotional and spiritual core of the scene. The composition reflects Denis's foundational conviction that painting is, above all, a flat surface covered in colors assembled in a certain order, and here that principle finds one of its most resolved graphic expressions. This impression is among an edition of one hundred, printed on verge crème paper with full margins preserved, and is both numbered and signed by the artist in pencil, confirming its place among the most carefully produced multiples of the period. The album itself, organized by Ambroise Vollard and featuring contributions from Bonnard, Vuillard, Redon, and other figures central to the Post-Impressionist milieu, stands as one of the defining publications in the history of French printmaking. Catalogued as Cailler 94 and Johnson 30, this work carries a well-documented provenance within Denis scholarship. For collectors drawn to the intersection of symbolist spirituality and modernist formal invention, this lithograph represents a rare opportunity to acquire a signed, editioned work of genuine historical consequence.

Medium
Lithograph
Sheet
Signed
Yes

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Maurice Denis, La Visitation à la Ville Montrouge, 1896

La Visitation à la Ville Montrouge presents Maurice Denis at the height of his Nabi period, translating the sacred into the intimate register that defined his most celebrated work. Executed in 1896 as part of the landmark suite L'Album des peintres-graveurs, this lithograph renders a biblical encounter through the flattened forms and devotional quietude that Denis had made distinctly his own. Figures move through an urban setting with a processional calm, their contours simplified and their surroundings stripped of superfluous detail, drawing the eye inward toward the emotional and spiritual core of the scene. The composition reflects Denis's foundational conviction that painting is, above all, a flat surface covered in colors assembled in a certain order, and here that principle finds one of its most resolved graphic expressions. This impression is among an edition of one hundred, printed on verge crème paper with full margins preserved, and is both numbered and signed by the artist in pencil, confirming its place among the most carefully produced multiples of the period. The album itself, organized by Ambroise Vollard and featuring contributions from Bonnard, Vuillard, Redon, and other figures central to the Post-Impressionist milieu, stands as one of the defining publications in the history of French printmaking. Catalogued as Cailler 94 and Johnson 30, this work carries a well-documented provenance within Denis scholarship. For collectors drawn to the intersection of symbolist spirituality and modernist formal invention, this lithograph represents a rare opportunity to acquire a signed, editioned work of genuine historical consequence.

Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 37 x 31.3 x 0.3 cm
Year
1896
Edition
of 100
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Wallector

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Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Cleveland Museum of Art