Description
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.
Accession Number
117213
Medium
Lithograph in pale pink, slate gray, red-brown, and yellow on light ivory wove paper
Dimensions
Image: 29.5 × 40.2 cm (11 5/8 × 15 7/8 in.); Sheet: 40.7 × 52.8 cm (16 1/16 × 20 13/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Credit Line
John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection