id: 75763 accession number: 2020.108 share license status: Copyrighted url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.108 updated: Procession on Pardon at Perros-Guirec, 1891. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Oil on canvas; unframed: 55.9 x 46.4 cm (22 x 18 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.108 title: Procession on Pardon at Perros-Guirec title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1891 creation date earliest: 1891 creation date latest: 1891 current location: creditline: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift copyright: --- culture: France technique: oil on canvas department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960 type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943) - artist --- measurements: Unframed: 55.9 x 46.4 cm (22 x 18 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection opening date: 2022-09-11T04:00:00 Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tulleries, Paris, France (June 3-13, 1970). * Maurice Denis. Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany; Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Staten Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (1971-1972). * Maurice Denis. Huguett Beres, Paris, France (1992). * Maurice Denis. Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France (September 29-December 18, 1994); Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany (January 22-February 4, 1995); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom (April 21-June 18, 1995). --- PROVENANCE Edouard Vuillard [1868-1940] Paris, France, gifted from the artist in 1891 date: 1891–1940 footnotes: *
According to Maurice Denis, 1870-1943 (Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1994), p. 133, cat. no. 14, the painting remained with Vuillard until his death in 1940. 
citations: Private Collection, Paris, France date: by 1970 footnotes: *
According to Maurice Denis and Anne Distel, Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tuileries, 3 juin-31 août 1970. (Paris: Ministère d'État, Affaires Culturelles, 1970), cat. no. 60.
citations: (Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris, France) date: after 1984 footnotes: *
Galerie Hopkins-Custot was founded in 1984 by Waring Hopkins and Stéphane Custot.
citations: Private Collection, France date: by 1992 footnotes: *
According to Anisabelle Berès, Maurice Denis, 1870-1943 (Paris: Huguette Berès, 1992), cat. no. 24. 
citations: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: A pardon is a ceremony that occurs on the feast of the patron saint of a church often followed by a procession. digital description: While the parades following ceremonies dedicated to saints known as pardon processions are traditionally silent, Denis often spoke of his work in musical terms using "rhythm" and "harmony" to describe color and composition. This painting embodies rhythm through the repetition of figural groupings and the movement of the procession. Harmony can be seen in the use of complementary colors that satisfy the eye when paired together. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lefevre Galleries, London. Vuillard Et Son Kodak. [Exposition] March 5-26. [London]: Lefevre Gallery, 1964. page number: Mentioned: P. 13, no. 28 url: Musée de l'Orangerie, Maurice Denis, and Anne Distel. Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tuileries, 3 juin-31 août 1970. Paris, France: Ministère d'État, Affaires culturelles, 1970. page number: Mentioned: no. 60 url: Maurice Denis. Gemälde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Meisterwerke des Nachimpressionismus aus der Sammlung Maurice Denis. (Ausstellung,) Kunsthaus Zürich, 29. Jan-12. März 1972. (Katalog.). Zürich, 1972. page number: Mentioned: P. 41, no. 39 url: Berès, Anisabelle. Maurice Denis, 1870-1943. Paris, France: Huguette Berès, 1992. page number: Mentioned: no. 24 url: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Van Gogh Museum. Maurice Denis, 1870-1943. Lyon: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1994. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 133, no. 14 url: Cogeval, Guy, Claire Frèches-Thory, and Gilles Genty. Il tempo dei Nabis: Bonnard, Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Vallotton, Sérusier, Ranson, Roussel. Firenze: Artificio, 1998. page number: Reproduced: P. 60; Mentioned: P. 182, no. 19 url: --- IMAGES