She was More Beautiful Than Dreams, plate seven from Love

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.

She was More Beautiful Than Dreams, plate seven from Love

Maurice Denis

1898, published 1899

Accession Number

117215

Medium

Lithograph in pale pink, slate blue, yellow-green, and pale olive on light ivory wove paper

Dimensions

Image: 40.5 × 29.3 cm (16 × 11 9/16 in.); Sheet: 53 × 40.5 cm (20 7/8 × 16 in.)

Classification

lithograph

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection