Henri Edmond Cross
Sunset on the Lagoon, Venice

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Artist Henri Edmond Cross (French, 1856–1910)French, 1856–1910

CultureFrench

Titles

Sunset on the Lagoon, Venice

DateSeptember 1903–January 1904

PlaceVenice, Italy

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions19 1/2 × 25 5/8 in. (49.5 × 65.1 cm)

Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck

Object number98.276

Current Location

The Audrey Jones Beck Building

224 Beck Galleries

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Department

European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePrivate collection, Paris; Edouard Vuillard (1868-1940) [1], Paris; [Galerie Hervé, Paris, July 1967] [2]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, July 1967; given to the MFAH, 1998.

[1] The Vuillard ownership is recorded in Compin, Isabelle. H. E. Cross. Paris: Quatre Chemins-Editart, 1964, cat. no. 117, p. 214, without indication or identification of earlier owners.

[2] Galerie Hervé had offices in Paris (18 avenue Matignon) and Montreal (1392 Sherbrooke Street West) run by Hervé Odermatt. The bill of sale, dated 24 July 1967, and related correspondence are on file. [MFAH object file-accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.]

Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED: Paris, Salon des Indépendants, Société des Artistes Indépendants, 1904, no. 606.

EXHIBITED: Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, "Henri-Edmond Cross, 1910, no. 4 (as "Soleil sur la lagune").

EXHIBITED: Paris, Salon des Indépendants, Société des Artistes Indépendants, 1911, no. 1586 (as "la lagune").

EXHIBITED: Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, "Henri-Edmond Cross", 1937, no. 54 (as "Vue de Venise").

EXHIBITED: Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, "U.S. Loan Exhibition", 1971-73.

EXHIBITED: Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck", 1974, pp. 28-29.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Signed at lower left: "Henri Edmond Cross"

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