Henri Edmond Cross

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Paris (acquired by 1907)
Lucie & Edmond Cousturier (acquired from the above)
François Cousturier (by descent from the above)
Private Collection, Paris
Private Collection (acquired from the above)

Paris, 18e exposition de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, 1902, no. 476
Paris, Galerie MM. Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, H. E. Cross, 1907, no. 21 (titled Jardin and dated 1902)
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Exposition d'Art français, 1907, no. 27 (titled Jardin)
Paris, 27e exposition de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, 1911, no. 1588 (titled Le Puits)
Paris, Galerie MM. Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Henri-Edmond Cross, 1913, no. 8
Paris, Rétrospective de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, 1926, no. 2894 (titled Le Puits)
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, H. E. Cross, April 1937, no. 9 (titled Le Puits)

Letter from Cross to Angrand, 12th August 1901
Félicien Fagus, 'Exposition des Indépendants', La Revue Blanche, 1902, vol. 27, p. 263
H.G. [H. Guilbeaux], 'Peintures et aquarelles de H. E. Cross et P. Signac', Les Hommes du Jour, 5th July 1911
Lucie Cousturier, 'H. E. Cross', L'Art Décoratif, March 1913, p. 120
Lucie Cousturier, H. E. Cross, Paris, 1932, p. 6
Isabelle Compin, H. E. Cross, Paris, 1964, no. 95, illustrated p. 189

The canvas is not lined. UV examination reveals two small areas of retouching, one to the right of the foreground tree and one to the top of the rightmost tree, that relate to small repaired tears, visible on the reverse of the canvas. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition.
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'These landscapes, my dear Cross, are not only landscapes of beauty, but even more; they are moments of lyrical emotion. They satisfy painters through their rich harmony, and exalt poets through their luxurious beauty and the sumptuousness they exhume'.
Émile Verhaeren, 1905, quoted in Henri Edmond Cross 1856-1910, Paris, 1998, p. 106.