id:			120743
accession number:	1941.477
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.477
updated:		2025-08-07 20:34:36.820000

Love: And It is the Caress of their Hands, 1898, published 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Lithograph; image: 38.3 x 28.7 cm (15 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.); sheet: 52.9 x 39.8 cm (20 13/16 x 15 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection 1941.477

title:				And It is the Caress of their Hands
title in original language:	
series:				Love
series in original language:	
creation date:			1898, published 1899
creation date earliest:		1893
creation date latest:		1904
current location:		
creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	France, late 19th Century
technique:	lithograph
department:	Prints
collection:	PR - Lithograph
type:		Print
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: Cailler 115

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CREATORS

* Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943)  - artist

* Auguste Clot (French, 1858–1936)  - printer

* Ambroise Vollard (French, 1867–1939)  - published by
French art dealer and publisher, 1867-1939
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measurements: Image: 38.3 x 28.7 cm (15 1/16 x 11 5/16 in.); Sheet: 52.9 x 39.8 cm (20 13/16 x 15 11/16 in.)
state of the work:	
edition of the work: 	100

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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art Nouveau in France
	opening date:   1979-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>Art Nouveau in France</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 1-September 1, 1979).

	title:		Printing in Color
	opening date:   1985-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>Printing in Color</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10-November 17, 1985).

	title:		Art Nouveau in France
	opening date:   1988-07-12T04:00:00
	<i>Art Nouveau in France</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 12-November 27, 1988).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948</em>. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Published as: Et c'est la caresse de ses mains.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 30
	url:		https://archive.org/details/Lithography/page/n37

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IMAGES

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