Lot 339
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Henri-Edmond Cross

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Description

  • Henri-Edmond Cross
  • LA DAME AU PARC
  • Stamped H. E. Cross (lower left); stamped H. E. Cross twice on the stretcher
  • Oil on canvas
  • 15 by 24 1/8 in.
  • 38.1 by 61.3 m

Provenance

Felix Fénéon, Paris (sold: Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 4, 1941, lot 42)
Sale: Christie's, New York, December 2, 1975, lot 58
Private Collection (sold: Sotheby's, London, December 7, 1983, lot 118)
Private Collection (acquired at the above sale)
Private Collection, New York (sold: Sotheby's, New York, May 14, 1998, lot 163)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Dru, Henri-Edmond Cross, 1927, no. 39
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition Rétrospective Henri-Edmond Cross, 1937, no. 13

Literature

Felix Fénéon, "Les Carnets de Henri-Edmond Cross, I à VII", Bulletin de la Vie artistique, Paris, 1922, p. 229
Isabelle Compin, Henri-Edmond Cross, Paris, 1964, no. 226, illustrated p. 334

Condition

The canvas is not lined and there are no signs of retouching visible under UV light. Apart from some light craquelure to the centre, this work is in very good condition.
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