Lot 420
  • 420

Henri Edmond Cross

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henri Edmond Cross
  • PAYSANNE ÉTENDUE DANS L'HERBE
  • signed H. Cross, dedicated A l'ami Émile Clare, inscribed Chamouilley and dated 90 (lower left)

  • oil on panel

  • 18.1 by 34.5cm., 7 1/8 by 13 5/8 in.

Provenance

Émile Clare (a gift from the artist)
Private Collection, France

Literature

Isabelle Compin, H. E. Cross, Paris, 1964, no. 23, catalogued p. 106

Condition

The panel is sound. The extreme lower right corner is missing and the upper right corner is bowed. Apart from several areas of retouching to the sky and various small horizontal areas of retouching to the shirt of the lady, all visible under UV light, this work is in good condition.
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