Maurice DUMONT

1869 Coutances – 1899 Avranches

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Woman holding a head – 1894

Lithograph on chine volant. With the blind stamp of Ed.Sagot Editeur, Paris (Lugt 2254). Size of sheet: 31.5 x 22.8 cm.

A.et A.Bonafous-Murat 19.

This is plate III from the suite of 7 lithographs “La Dame Inexorable”. La Dame

inexorable depicts phases of death and dying.

£1,400.-

Maurice Dumont: Woman holding a head

In 1894 Maurice Dumont became director of L’Epreuve, a periodical featuring avant-garde Symbolist art and literature, and began printmaking. He achieved renown primarily for this series of seven Symbolist lithographs reflecting the influence of Odilon Redon, Felicien Rops, and Maurice Denis.

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