Art Institute of Chicago

Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures, plate nine from Love

Maurice Denis (French, 1870-1943)

Date

1898, published 1899

Medium

Lithograph in pale pink, slate gray, red-brown, and yellow on light ivory wove paper

Culture

France

Department

Prints and Drawings

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

These 12 prints come from Love , a series of color lithographs that form a disjointed narrative about a woman who experiences love, although it is unclear if she is falling in love with a man, nature, or her faith. Each soft and dreamlike image is paired with a caption of fragmented poetry that serves as its title, but these phrases do not directly describe their corresponding images. Maurice Denis, who was also a writer, crafted these puzzling yet evocative captions to add layers of meaning through the interplay of text and image.

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