Henri Edmond Cross
Sunset on the Lagoon, Venice

ArtistFrench, 1856–1910
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Sunset on the Lagoon, Venice
Datec. 1903–1904
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
On view

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ProvenancePrivate collection, Paris; Edouard Vuillard, Paris; [Hervé Galerie, Paris, 1967]; Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1967; gift to the MFAH from Mrs. Audrey Jones Beck, 1998.
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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