Updated 25 September 2025
Currently not on display
Currently not on display
Table with Flowers (Marthe Denis and Her two Daughters, Bernadette and Anne-Marie)
| Date | 1904 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on cardboard |
| Size（cm） | 17.5 x 37.6 |
| Credit Line | Donated by Mr. Dominique Maurice Denis |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.1981-0002 |
In this small sketch, the artist's wife, Marthe, appears in the center, flanked by little Bernadette, the couple's second daughter, and Anne-Marie, their third. This domestic scene depicts the peaceful family life of the artist, who made his home in St. Germain-en-Laye, a quiet community on the outskirts of Paris. It is similar in feel to paintings of domestic interior scenes by Intimists, like Bonnard and Vuillard, who were active in the same group as Denis. (Source: The Digital Gallery. 1999-2006)
Provenance
Donated by Mr. Dominique Maurice Denis, 1981
Exhibition History
- 2017
- [Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017] Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: From the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Fukushima Prefectural Museum of Art, 22 April 2017 - 2 July 2017, Akita Museum of Modern Art, 15 July-18 September, cat. no. 16
- 2025
- Living with Flowers: in Commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of the Museum's Relocation, National Crafts Museum, 14 March 2025 - 22 June 2025, cat. no. 27
Bibliography
- 1983
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 16 (1981), 1983, Catalogue of the New Acquisitions. pp. 20, 22-23, repr.
- 1990
- Catalogue of painting acquisitions: 1979-1989. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, 1990, pp. 29-30, repr.
- 2017
- Muse: Women before the Artists' Eyes: from the Collection of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo: Traveling Exhibitions Presenting National Art Museum Collections, Fiscal 2017 (exh. cat.). Nakada, Asuka, ed. Tokyo, The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 2017, pp. 38, 138, cat. no. 16, col. repr.
- 2025
- Living with Flowers: in Commemoration of the Fifth Anniversary of the Museum's Relocation (exh. cat.). Nakagawa, Tomoe; Hirokawa, Shoko; Himinami, Hiyori, eds. [Kanazawa], National Crafts Museum, 2025, p. 16, cat. no. 27, col. repr.