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accession number:	2020.108
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Procession or 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 or Pardon at Perros-Guirec
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creation date:			1891
creation date earliest:		1891
creation date latest:		1891
current location:		
creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	France
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

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

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measurements: Unframed: 55.9 x 46.4 cm (22 x 18 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection
	opening date:   2022-09-11T04:00:00
	<i>Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Maurice Denis</em>. Orangerie des Tulleries, Paris, France (June 3-13, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-06-03T04:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>Maurice Denis</em>. Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany; Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Staten Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (1971-1972).', 'opening_date': '1971-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Maurice Denis</em>. Huguett Beres, Paris, France (1992).', 'opening_date': '1992-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Maurice Denis</em>. 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).', 'opening_date': '1994-09-29T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Edouard Vuillard [1868-1940] Paris, France, gifted from the artist in 1891
	date: 1891–1940
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			* <div><!--block-->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.&nbsp;</div>
			
			
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	Private Collection, Paris, France
	date: by 1970
	footnotes: 	
			
			* <div><!--block-->According to Maurice Denis and Anne Distel, <em>Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tuileries, 3 juin-31 août 1970.</em> (Paris: Ministère d'État, Affaires Culturelles, 1970), cat. no. 60.</div>
			
			
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	(Galerie Hopkins-Custot, Paris, France)
	date: after 1984
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			* <div><!--block-->Galerie Hopkins-Custot was founded in 1984 by Waring Hopkins and Stéphane Custot.</div>
			
			
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	Private Collection, France
	date: by 1992
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			* <div><!--block-->According to Anisabelle Berès, <em>Maurice Denis, 1870-1943</em> (Paris: Huguette Berès, 1992), cat. no. 24.&nbsp;</div>
			
			
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of 
Art
	date: 2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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CITATIONS

	Lefevre Galleries, London.<em> Vuillard Et Son Kodak. [Exposition] March 5-26.</em> [London]: Lefevre Gallery, 1964.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 13, no. 28
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	Musée de l'Orangerie, Maurice Denis, and Anne Distel. <em>Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tuileries, 3 juin-31 août 1970</em>. Paris, France: Ministère d'État, Affaires culturelles, 1970.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 60
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	<em>Maurice Denis. Gemälde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Meisterwerke des Nachimpressionismus aus der Sammlung Maurice Denis. </em>(Ausstellung,) Kunsthaus Zürich, 29. Jan-12. März 1972. (Katalog.). Zürich, 1972.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 41, no. 39
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	Berès, Anisabelle. <em>Maurice Denis, 1870-1943</em>. Paris, France: Huguette Berès, 1992.
	page number: 	Mentioned: no. 24
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	Musée des Beaux-Arts, Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Walker Art Gallery, Van Gogh Museum. <em>Maurice Denis, 1870-1943</em>. Lyon: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1994.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 133, no. 14
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	Cogeval, Guy, Claire Frèches-Thory, and Gilles Genty. <em>Il tempo dei Nabis: Bonnard, Vuillard, Maurice Denis, Vallotton, Sérusier, Ranson, Roussel.</em> Firenze: Artificio, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 60; Mentioned: P. 182, no. 19
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