MAURICE DENIS, (1870-1943)

Le Mystère de l'Assomption (première version)

Le Mystère de l'Assomption (première version)
signed with the artist's monogram (lower right)
oil on canvas
124.4 x 79cm (49 x 31 1/8in).
Painted circa 1930

The authenticity of this work has kindly been confirmed by Madame Claire Denis. This work will be included in the forthcoming Maurice Denis catalogue raisonné currently being prepared.

Provenance
The artist's family.
Thence by descent to the present owner.

This work is also known as Jésus chez Marthe et Marie or L'Evangile de l'Assomption. A second version of this composition was painted in the same year and exhibited in Pittsburgh in 1933.