id:			81391
accession number:	2020.109
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Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory, 1894. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Oil on canvas glued to cardboard; unframed: 34.9 x 31.4 x 0.6 cm (13 3/4 x 12 3/8 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.109

title:				Drying the Linen, or Moonrise at the Priory
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creation date:			1894
creation date earliest:		1894
creation date latest:		1894
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creditline:			Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas glued to cardboard
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: 34.9 x 31.4 x 0.6 cm (13 3/4 x 12 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Signed and dated lower left: MAVD 94, Signed lower right: MAVD
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900
	opening date:   2021-07-01T04:00:00
	<i>Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (July 1-September 19, 2021); Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (co-organizer) (October 23, 2021-January 23, 2022).

	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>9è expositi</em>on.Le Barc de Boutteville, Paris, France (1895).', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': '<em>La Libre Esthétique</em>. Brussels,Belgium (1896).', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': '<em>Rétrospective Maurice Denis Union Centrale des Arts décoratifs 1888-1924</em>. Pavillon de Marsan, Paris, France (1924).', 'opening_date': '1924-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Galerie Louis Carré, Paris, France (1941).', 'opening_date': '1941-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': "<em>Maurice Denis.</em> Musée d' Art Moderne, Paris, France (1945).", 'opening_date': '1945-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Maurice Denis</em>. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France (September 29-December 18, 1994); Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne, Germany (January 10-March 25, 1995); Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, United Kingdom (April 21-June 18, 1995); Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands', 'opening_date': '1994-09-29T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '(June 22-September 17, 1995).', 'opening_date': '1995-06-22T00:00:00'}

* {'description': "<em>Maurice Denis</em>. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (October 31, 2006-January 21, 2007); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec (February 22-May 20, 2007).", 'opening_date': '2007-02-22T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Pierre Guéguen [1889-1965] Paris, France, by gift from the artist
	date: 1941–at least 1945
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			* <div><!--block-->[1] According to <em>Maurice Denis, 1870-1943</em> (Paris: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1994), p. 182, cat. no. 56, Guéguen received this painting as a gift from the artist while it was exhibited at the Galerie Carré – CDV no. 1640. It remained in Guéguen’s collection until at least 1945.</div>
			
			
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	Claude R. Cueto, Paris, France
	date: after 1945–1987
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	Claude R. Cueto, December 22, 1987, sold to the Sam Josefowitz Family
	date: 1987
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	The Sam Josefowitz Family, New York, NY, April 2010, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley
	date: 1987–2010
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			* <div><!--block-->[2] According to documents in the curatorial file.</div>
			
			
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	Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2010–2020
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2020–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Maurice Denis, 1870-1943: Lyon, Musée Des Beaux-Arts, 29 September-18 December 1994 : Cologne, Wallraf-Richarts Museum, 22 January-2 April 1995 : Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, 21 April-18 June 1995 : Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, 7 July-17 September 1995.</em> Ghent: Snoeck-Ducaju &amp; Zoon, 1994.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 182, no.56
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	Heilbrun, Françoise, Saskia Ooms, and Nathalie Bondil. <em>Maurice Denis.</em> Paris: Musée d'Orsay, 2006.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 125-126, no. 11
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	Sanchez, Pierre, and Dominique Lobstein. <em>Les Expositions de la Galerie Le Barc de Boutteville (1891-1899) et du Salon des Cent (1894-1903): Répertoire des Artistes et de Leurs Oeuvres.</em> 2012.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 235, no. 37
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	Brown, Heather Lemonedes. “In the Garden.” In <em>Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889-1900</em>. Mary Weaver Chapin and Heather Lemonedes Brown, 194-217. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021.
	page number: 	Mentioned: P. 201; Reproduced: P. 214, no. 143
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