Two forlorn-looking people embrace. The woman on the left gently stretches out her hands as though to console the other. The folds of her sleeve spread out along the line of her arm. The rhythm of the curving lines is echoed in the wallpaper pattern at the top and in a decorative border at the bottom, softening the image’s overall impression. Combined with the faint lines and colors typical of a lithograph, the work is filled with gentleness and intimacy.
Behind the pair, the flickering flames of candles cast shadows like the halos of saints in religious paintings. This print is also known as "Madeleine,” a reference to Mary Magdalene in French. Maurice Denis often wove traces of prayer into his works and was known as "Le Nabis aux belles icons” (the prophet of beautiful icons).
(SAKAMOTO Kyoko)
Two forlorn-looking people embrace. The woman on the left gently stretches out her hands as though to console the other. The folds of her sleeve spread out along the line of her arm. The rhythm of the curving lines is echoed in the wallpaper pattern at the top and in a decorative border at the bottom, softening the image’s overall impression. Combined with the faint lines and colors typical of a lithograph, the work is filled with gentleness and intimacy.
Behind the pair, the flickering flames of candles cast shadows like the halos of saints in religious paintings. This print is also known as "Madeleine,” a reference to Mary Magdalene in French. Maurice Denis often wove traces of prayer into his works and was known as "Le Nabis aux belles icons” (the prophet of beautiful icons).
(SAKAMOTO Kyoko)