Our Souls, in Languorous Gestures
1898, published 1899
Medium
color lithograph
Dimensions
image: 28.3 × 40.1 cm · sheet: 40.5 × 53.4 cm
Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1998.39
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
Women in domestic interiors and protected gardens provided the subject matter for Denis’s portfolio of 12 color lithographs entitled Love. The feminine associations with the interior illustrated in Our Souls, in Slight Gestures are underscored by the ruffled lampshade, roses, and arabesques on the piano shawl. Throughout the 19th century, women played music, with few exceptions, at home. Within these confines, their accomplishments were relegated to that of the amateur, performing for friends bu...