  
  About the Artwork
  
  
  New technology allowed for inexpensive printing and the wide distribution of newspapers, books, and advertisements in the late nineteenth century. Maurice Denis created a poster advertising the newspaper La D&Atilde;&copy;p&Atilde;&ordf;che de Toulouse. The owner of the paper was so pleased with the swirling excitement of the art nouveau-styled poster that he asked Denis to create this painting as a larger and more permanent image to be hung in his office.
  
  
  Title
  La Dep&Atilde;&ordf;che de Toulouse
  
  
  Artwork Date
  1892
  
  Artist
  Maurice Denis
  
  
  
  Life Dates
  1870-1943
  
  
  
  
  Nationality
  
  
  
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  French
  
  
  
  Culture
  
  
  
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  Medium
  Oil on canvas
  
  
  Dimensions
  Unframed: 51 3/4 &Atilde;&#151; 35 1/4 inches (131.4 &Atilde;&#151; 89.5 cm)
  Framed: 67 3/4 &Atilde;&#151; 51 &Atilde;&#151; 3 1/4 inches (172.1 &Atilde;&#151; 129.5 &Atilde;&#151; 8.3 cm)
  
  
  Classification
  Paintings
  
  
  Department
  European Modern Art to 1970
  
  
  Credit
  Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund
  
  
  
  Accession Number
  
  
  
  This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection.
  Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum&acirc;&#128;&#153;s holdings.
  For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems&acirc;&#128;&#148;no longer assigned&acirc;&#128;&#148;that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups.
  
  
  
  1985.15
  
  
  Copyright
  Restricted
  
  
  
