123 - Lissilour Prepares the Pig, circa 1908

Lissilour Prepares the Pig, circa 1908 Oil on cardboard mounted on panel 52.5 x 71 cm Signed lower left: MAUD Bears the following old exhibition labels on the back: Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Maurice Denis Exhibition, No. 202 Yamato Transport: Maurice Denis and Brittany Exhibition, Perros-Morlaix, Cat. M52 This painting hung in the hallway of the Priory until Maurice Denis’s death Family letters mention the purchase and slaughter of the pig in August 1908. This pig appears in “Benedicite,” a decoration for the dining room at Silencio, 1908. In the kitchen downstairs at Silencio, Marthe is seen on the right, surrounded by Anne-Marie and little Madeleine. On the left stand Noële and Bernadette. In the background, a maid stands near the “potager” (the small fire kept burning to heat the soup). - Sketch: a preparatory drawing of Marthe and Anne-Marie in front of the table, pencil, exhibited in 1978 at the Schéhadé Gallery, not listed in the catalog Provenance: Maurice Denis Collection François Denis Collection Private collection Exhibitions: Maurice Denis Exhibition, Galerie Druet, Paris, 1908, no. 57 Maurice Denis and the Nabis Exhibition, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Angers, 1967, no. 23 Maurice Denis Exhibition, 1970; Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, no. 202 (dated ca. 1910) Maurice Denis Exhibition, Grenier à sel, Honfleur, 1975; no. 54, b/w reproduction Maurice Denis Exhibition: Breton Inspiration and Vision, Pont-Aven Museum, 1979, no. 62 Maurice Denis and Brittany Exhibition, Jacobins Museum, Morlaix, 1985, no. 52, reproduced in black and white Maurice Denis Exhibition, Anne and Albert Prouvost-Septentrion Foundation, Marcq-en-Barœul, 1988–1989, no. 26, b/w repr. A certificate confirming inclusion in the catalog raisonné of Maurice Denis’s works may be issued to the purchaser upon request to the Maurice Denis Committee.