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"tombstone": "Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River, 1899. Maurice Denis (French, 1870\u20131943). 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",
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"title": "Blessing of a Yacht on the Belon River",
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"description": "Kenavo Monsieur Gauguin - Centenaire de la mort de Gauguin. Mus\u00e8e de Pont-Aven, Pont-Aven, France (June 28-September 29, 2003).",
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"description": "Thomas Braun [1876-1961] Brussels, Belgium, consigned to Galerie Andrew Maurice",
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"description": "(Galerie Andrew Maurice, Paris, France, May 14, 1962, sold to the family of Samuel Josefowicz)",
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"did_you_know": "Denis was an extremely prolific artist who experimented with other art forms. His decorative murals can be viewed in many French churches as well as on the ceiling of the Champs \u00c9lys\u00e9es Theatre in Paris.",
"description": "Maurice Denis made this painting during the summer of 1899 while vacationing with his family in the coastal village of Le Pouldu in Brittany in northwestern France. Two-thirds of this canvas is filled by the lavender-pink surface of the water, dotted with touches of color that suggest reflections of flags and sails on the Belon River. Local women wearing traditional headdresses observe the scene from the riverbank in the foreground, shaded by trees whose foliage frames the top of the composition.",
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"citation": "\u0152uvres de Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Ibels, Aristide Maillol, Hermann Paul, Ranson, Roussel, Serusier, Vallotton, Vuillard: catalogue. Paris: MM. Bernheim Jeune et fils, 1900.",
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"citation": "Exposition Maurice Denis 1888-1924 [Parijs, 1924]. Paris: Union centrale des Arts de\u0301coratifs, 1924.",
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"citation": "Distel, Anne. Maurice Denis. Orangerie des Tuileries, 3 juin-31 aou\u0302t 1970. Paris, France: Ministe\u0300re d'E\u0301tat, Affaires culturelles, 1970.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: P. 39, no. 70",
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"citation": "Maurice Denis. Gema\u0308lde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik. Meisterwerke des Nachimpressionismus aus der Sammlung Maurice Denis. (Ausstellung,) Kunsthaus Zu\u0308rich, 29. Jan-12. Ma\u0308rz 1972. (Katalog.). 1972.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: P. 42, no. 48",
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"citation": "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",
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"citation": "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",
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"citation": "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",
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"citation": "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",
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"citation": "Pickvance, Ronald. Gauguin and the School of Pont-Aven. Sigmaringen, Germany: Thorbecke, 1997.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 180-181, no. 68",
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"citation": "Kerlo, Le\u0301o, Rene\u0301 Le Bihan, and Jacqueline Duroc. [Peintres des co\u0302tes de Bretagne]. Douarnenez, France: Chasse-mare\u0301e/Armen, 1998.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 154-155",
"url": null
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"citation": "Kenavo Monsieur Gauguin: Muse\u0301e de Pont-Aven, 28 juin-29 septembre 2003. Pont-Aven, France: Muse\u0301e de Pont-Aven, 2003.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced:. p. 64-65, no. 16",
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"citation": "Kerlo, Le\u0301o, and Jacqueline Duroc. Peintres des co\u0302tes de Bretagne. 4, 4. Douardenez: Chasse-mare\u0301e, 2006.",
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"citation": "Delouche, Denise. Maurice Denis et la Bretagne. Quimper: Palantines, 2009.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: P. 58-59; Reproduced: P.146, no. PA-41",
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"citation": "\u201cA Historic Gift. Longtime CMA supporters Joseph and Nancy Keithley give 114 works, the largest gift in more than 60 years.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 3 (Summer 2020): Cover, 6-9.",
"page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 7.",
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"citation": "Stahl, Fabienne. \"Maurice Denis.\" In The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 68-73. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.",
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