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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 22, 2017 | Piasa | Paris | Art moderne et contemporain | 17 | $****** - ****** | Study for the dances of Alceste |
paintings
28 x 46 cm (11.02 x 18.11 in)
Oil on canvas
Monogrammed lower left
Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
Study for the dances of Alceste, 1904
Oil on canvas
Monogrammed lower left
28 x 46 cm
History:
- Coll. Georges Bénard - December 6, 1933, sale of Mes Engelmann, Baudouin et Bellier (2nd sale after judicial liquidation of Bénard Frères et Cie), Paris Drouot, n° 45
- Druet Gallery, Paris
- Georges Charbonneaux Collection, Reims
- Coll. Dr Philippe Chatelin, Reims
- Private collection
Maurice Denis painted several paintings around the theme of Alceste"s dances, inspired by Gluck"s opera (performed at the Opéra-Comique in May and June 1904). They were made around research for the decor, ultimately not realized, of Anna Boch"s house in Brussels.
This work is a sketch of the painting Dances of Alceste, landscape of Tivoli (provisional index number in the Catalog raisonné: 904.0045), which shows Alceste and Admetus in full happiness under the peristyle of their palace (he turns lovingly towards her ). Maurice Denis located this image of conjugal love in a landscape of Tivoli where he visited in February 1904. The painting Dances of Alceste, landscape of Tivoli, which was part of the Mayrisch collection, can be found today at the National Museum of History and Art in Luxembourg. He is cited on p. 37 and reproduced on p. 45 in Paul Jamot, Maurice Denis, Paris, Plon, 1945.
