Original lithograph printed on imitation Japon paper. One of 100 aside from 500 on wove paper. Signed on the stone, lower right, "M.A.V.D." Published in 1914 by Editions Bernheim-Jeune in hommage to Cézanne with lithographs after Cézanne by Bonnard, Vuillard, Matisse, Rouault, Signac and Vallotton.

Platemark: 6 3/16 x 7 1/4", sheet: 10 13/16" x 15"
Catalogue reference: Cailler 135

Color lithograph printed in light pastel colors on cream wove paper with full margins. Signed by hand and in pencil by the artist, lower right. From the "Amour" series. Printed by Auguste Clot, Paris and published by Vollard, Paris. In excellect condition.

Image size:11 1/4" x 15 1/2"; Sheet size: 16" x 20 9/16"
Catalogue reference: Cailler No. 115

Denis created the Amour series at the suggestion of Vollard. At the time the series was completed, Denis was involved with the Nabis brotherhood as well as with the symbolists Mallarmé and Redon. The inspiration for the titles could have come from Verlaine’s poetry. Another inspiration for this series could have come from early Christian art, and particularly Italian frescoes from the fourteenth century. The lyrical qualities of the lithographs are accentuated by the soft colors which all range within similar tonal values.