id: 92844 accession number: 2020.110 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.110 updated: 2024-08-08 15:11:31.711000 Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Oil on canvas; unframed: 75 x 80 cm (29 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift 2020.110 title: Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1899 creation date earliest: 1899 creation date latest: 1899 current location: 223 20th Century Avant-Garde 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: 75 x 80 cm (29 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed lower right: MAVD translation: remark: --- 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 * {'description': 'Galerie Bernheim, Paris France (April 1900).', 'opening_date': '1900-04-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'La Libre Esthetique, Brussels, Belgium (1903).', 'opening_date': '1903-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Union Centrale des Arts decoratifs. Pavillon Marsan, Paris, France (1924).', 'opening_date': '1924-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Retrospective Maurice Denis. Tate Gallery, London, United Kingdom (January-February, 1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Pont-Aven: Gauguin und sein Kreis in der Bretagne. Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (March-April 1966).', 'opening_date': '1966-03-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, France (June 3-August 31, 1970).', 'opening_date': '1970-06-03T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Maurice Denis. Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany (October 17-December 5, 1971); Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (January 29-March 12, 1972); Stantens Museum fur Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark (April 8-May 7, 1972).', 'opening_date': '1971-10-17T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Post-Impressionism: Crosscurrents in European Painting. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom (November 1979-March 1980); National Gallery of Art, Washington DC (May-September 1980).', 'opening_date': '1980-05-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven. Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany (March 2-June 1,1997).', 'opening_date': '1997-01-01T00:00:00'} * {'description': 'Kenavo Monsieur Gauguin - Centenaire de la mort de Gauguin. Musèe de Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven, France (June 28-September 29, 2003).', 'opening_date': '2003-06-28T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Collection of the Artist date: 1899-1903 footnotes: citations: (La Livre Esthetique, Brussels, Belgium, acquired by Thomas Braun directly from the artist) date: 1903 footnotes: *
According to the bill of sale in the curatorial file, Thomas Braun purchased this painting from Maurice Denis at La Libre Esthetique, an artistic society in Brussels.
citations: Thomas Braun [1876-1961] Brussels, Belgium, consigned to Galerie Andrew Maurice date: 1903–1962 footnotes: citations: (Galerie Andrew Maurice, Paris, France, May 14, 1962, sold to the family of Samuel Josefowicz) date: 1962 footnotes: *
Buyer information is according to a handwritten annotation on the bill of sale.
citations: Family of Samuel Josefowicz, sold to Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley date: 1962–2015 footnotes: citations: Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: 2015–2020 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2020– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Œuvres de Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Ibels, Aristide Maillol, Hermann Paul, Ranson, Roussel, Serusier, Vallotton, Vuillard: catalogue. Paris: MM. Bernheim Jeune et fils, 1900. page number: Mentioned: Denis no. 6 url: Exposition Maurice Denis 1888-1924 [Parijs, 1924]. Paris: Union centrale des Arts décoratifs, 1924. page number: Mentioned: P. 8, no. 112 url: Pont-Aven: Gauguin und sein Kreis in der Bretagne. Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1966. page number: Mentioned: P. 172, no. 168 url: Distel, Anne. Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tuileries, 3 juin-31 août 1970. Paris, France: Ministère d'État, Affaires culturelles, 1970. page number: Mentioned: P. 39, no. 70 url: Maurice Denis. Gemälde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Meisterwerke des Nachimpressionismus aus der Sammlung Maurice Denis. (Ausstellung,) Kunsthaus Zürich, 29. Jan-12. März 1972. (Katalog.). 1972. page number: Mentioned: P. 42, no. 48 url: House, John, and Mary Anne Stevens. Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European Painting. London, United Kingdom : Royal Academy of Arts, 1979. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 67, no. 70 url: National Gallery of Art (US.). Post-Impressionism: Cross-Currents in European and American Painting, 1880-1906. Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 1980. page number: Reproduced: P. 129; Mentioned: P. 128, no. 163 url: Pickvance, Ronald. Gauguin and the Pont-Aven School. [Sydney, Australia]: [Art Gallery of New South Wales], 1994. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 112-113, no. 68 url: Pickvance, Ronald, and Richard R. Brettell. Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven. London: Apollo, 1994. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 96, no. 68 url: Pickvance, Ronald. Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven. Sigmaringen, Germany: Thorbecke, 1997. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 180-181, no. 68 url: Kerlo, Léo, René Le Bihan, and Jacqueline Duroc. [Peintres des côtes de Bretagne]. Douarnenez, France: Chasse-marée/Armen, 1998. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 154-155 url: Kenavo Monsieur Gauguin: Musée de Pont-Aven, 28 juin-29 septembre 2003. Pont-Aven, France: Musée de Pont-Aven, 2003. page number: Mentioned and reproduced:. p. 64-65, no. 16 url: Kerlo, Léo, and Jacqueline Duroc. Peintres des côtes de Bretagne. 4, 4. Douardenez: Chasse-marée, 2006. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 154-155 url: Delouche, Denise. Maurice Denis et la Bretagne. Quimper: Palantines, 2009. page number: Mentioned: P. 58-59; Reproduced: P.146, no. PA-41 url: “A Historic Gift. Longtime CMA supporters Joseph and Nancy Keithley give 114 works, the largest gift in more than 60 years.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 3 (Summer 2020): Cover, 6-9. page number: Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 7. url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.110/2020.110_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.110/2020.110_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2020.110/2020.110_full.tif