45 - The Naked Child [Jean-Paul], 1895 (Jean Paul’s Maternity)

The Naked Child [Jean-Paul], 1895 (Jean Paul’s Maternity) Oil on canvas 51.3 x 33 cm Signed and dated vertically in the upper left corner: MAVD95 Bears the former exhibition label from the Toulouse-Lautrec Museum in Albi, No. 44, on the stretcher bar Bears a shipping label Bears the former label from the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool for the Maurice Denis exhibition on the frame Bears the former LP Art label (twice) from the Maurice Denis exhibition *Le Bonheur Rêvé* (MDMD 00014) *Maternité* by Jean Paul Bears the Yamato Fine Arts label from the 2011 Maurice Denis exhibition (CTA 14) Provenance: Maurice Denis Collection Private collection Exhibitions: 9th Exhibition of Impressionist and Symbolist Painters, Le Barc de Boutteville, Paris, 1895, *The Nude Child* (belonging to Mrs. ***)—probably our painting La Libre Esthétique, Brussels, 1896, no. 145 (“The Nude Child,” for sale 700 francs)—probably our painting Maurice Denis: Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Lithographs; 1963, Toulouse-Lautrec Museum, Albi; No. 44 (“Maternité Jean-Paul nu”) Maurice Denis Exhibition, 1970; Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, No. 84 Maurice Denis Exhibition, 1979, Pont-Aven, “Maurice Denis,” no. 20 (“Nativity of Jean-Paul”) Maurice Denis Exhibition, 1870–1943; Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts—Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz Museum—Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery—Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum; 1994/1995; No. 68, reproduced in color Bibliography: André Peraté; *L’art et les Artistes*, 1923, reproduced in black and white on p. 54 Pont-Aven Painting Society, 1979, reproduced in black and white on p. 20 A certificate confirming inclusion in the catalog raisonné of Maurice Denis’s work may be issued to the purchaser upon request to the Maurice Denis Committee.