Life Becomes Precious, Discreet (La Vie devient précieuse, discrète)

Maurice Denis

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Maurice Denis (French, 1870–1943). Life Becomes Precious, Discreet (La Vie devient précieuse, discrète), 1892–1899. Color lithograph on China paper, Image: 11 1/8 x 16 in. (28.3 x 40.6 cm) Sheet: 16 1/16 x 21 in. (40.8 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, By exchange, 38.434. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Life Becomes Precious, Discreet (La Vie devient précieuse, discrète)

Portfolio

Amour

Date

1892–1899

Geography

Place made: France

Medium

Color lithograph on China paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

Image: 11 1/8 x 16 in. (28.3 x 40.6 cm) Sheet: 16 1/16 x 21 in. (40.8 x 53.3 cm)

Signatures

Signed, "Maurice Denis, '78" lower right margin in pencil, and signed in stone, with monogram in lower center

Credit Line

By exchange

Accession Number

38.434

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