Henri Edmond Cross
The Flowered Terrace

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

CultureFrench

Titles

The Flowered Terrace

Datec. 1905

PlaceSaint-clair, Provence, France

MediumOil on wood

Dimensions9 7/16 × 13 1/16 in. (23.9 × 33.2 cm)

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

Object number98.277

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

Provenance[Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, “Tableaux Modernes,” June 6, 1929, lot 19, as “Jardin de la Rivière,” illus.]; Private collection, Paris; [sale, Hôtel des ventes, Versailles, “Vente des Floralies, Tableaux Anciens, Tableaux Modernes […],” May 13, 1964, lot 5, as “Terrasse fleurie,” illus.] [1], [2]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Beck, Houston, 1964: given to the MFAH, 1998.

[1] The auctioneer of the 1929 sale was Maître Alphonse Bellier.

[2] The auctioneer was Maître Georges Blache. One of two acquisitions, including Vuillard’s “Femme écrivant,” a pastel (lot 15, illus.), that the Becks purchased at this sale. Both works were shipped on 28 May 1964 from Paris to Houston. [See MFAH object file-accessed by Robert McD. Parker, April 2024.] The Becks later sold the Vuillard.

Exhibition HistoryEXHIBITED: Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, "The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck", 1974, pp. 30-31.

Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Verso: Inscribed, upper center in black: II; numbered in white, lower center: 5

Recto: signed at lower left: HE. Cross [print]

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