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Trois petits bois gravé pour "Sagesse"

Maurice Denis French, 1870-1943
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About the Artwork

Trois petits bois gravé pour "Sagesse"

between 1891 and 1895

Maurice Denis

1870-1943

French

Unknown

Wood engraving printed in black ink on wove paper

Left Image: 3 7/8 × 1 5/8 inches (9.8 × 4.1 cm) Center Image: 2 1/4 × 1 1/2 inches (5.7 × 3.8 cm) Right Image: 3 1/4 × 1 1/4 inches (8.3 × 3.2 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 14 3/4 inches (27.6 × 37.5 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker

75.129.115

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Stamp, verso: 49

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Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker;
1975-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Baas, Jaquelynn, and Richard S. Field. The Artistic Revival of the Woodcut in France 1850-1900, Ann Arbor, 1984, p. 96 (figs. 56e, 56f, 56g).

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Maurice Denis, Trois petits bois gravé pour "Sagesse", between 1891 and 1895, wood engraving printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. Walker, 75.129.115.

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