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Beyond the Easel: Decorative Painting by Bonnard, Vuillard, Denis, and Roussel, 1890–1930
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Bacchanale, 1920
Maurice Denis (French, 18701943)
Oil on canvas; 38 3/4 x 54 7/8 in. (98.5 x 139.5 cm)
Bridgestone Museum of Art, Ishibashi Foundation, Tokyo
© 2001 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris
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Description
In 1920 Denis received a commission to paint a large mural for Le Tigre Royale, a Geneva fur shop. The resulting painting, a nearly thirteen-foot-long image of a drunken orgy, contrasts sharply with the religious themes that usually preoccupied the artist. It is not known if this canvas was painted as a model for the larger mural or as a repetition after it.
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