Details
HENRI-EDMOND CROSS (1856-1910)
Rio San Trovaso, Venise
signed ‘Henri Edmond Cross’ (lower left); titled 'Rio san Trovaso' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (73 x 92 cm.)
Painted between September 1903-January 1904
Provenance
Théo van Rysselberghe, Brussels (acquired from the artist, 1904).
Victor Freiherr von Mutzenbecher, Berlin (1912).
Marie Lange, Germany.
Private collection, Germany (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 3 December 1990, lot 18.
Private collection, Belgium; sale, Sotheby's, London, 21 June 2004, lot 38.
Private collection, United States (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 6 May 2009, lot 21.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
The Artist's Handbook, July-August 1903.
Letter from H.E. Cross to C. Angrand, 3 February 1904.
Letter from H.E. Cross to C. Angrand, 7 February 1904.
"Petite chronique" in L'art moderne, 3 April 1904, p. 116.
Letter from T. van Rysselberghe to O. Maus, 1904.
F. Fénéon, ed., “Les carnets d’H.E. Cross” in Bulletin de la vie artistique, 1 July 1922, no. 13, p. 302.
I. Compin, H.E. Cross, Paris, 1964, pp. 208 and 220.
D.E. Gordon, Modern Art Exhibitions 1900-1916, Munich, 1974, vol. I, p. 224, no. 1019 (illustrated).
J.-J. Levêque, Les années de la Belle Epoque: 1890-1914, Paris, 1991, p. 452 (illustrated in color).
B. Schaefer, 1912 Mission moderne, Die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, exh. cat., Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 2012, p. 561, no. 188 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Brussels, La Libre Esthétique, Exposition des peintres Impressionnistes, February-March 1904, p. 27, no. 23.
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Exposition d'Art Français, May-July 1907, p. 17, no. 28 (titled Ponte Moro (Venise)).
Cologne, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Internationale Kunstausstellung der Sonderbundes, May-September 1912, no. 188 (illustrated, fig. 26; titled Canale grande).
Munich, Bayerische Staats-Gemäldesammlungen (on loan).
Maine, Portland Art Museum; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; New Orleans Museum of Art and Seattle Art Museum, Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, October 2015-May 2017, p. 88, no. 19 (illustrated in color, p. 89; detail illustrated in color, pp. 90-91).
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
Post Lot Text
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Henri Edmond Cross being prepared by Patrick Offenstadt.
Details
HENRI-EDMOND CROSS (1856-1910)
Rio San Trovaso, Venise
signed ‘Henri Edmond Cross’ (lower left); titled 'Rio san Trovaso' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
28 3/4 x 36 1/4 in. (73 x 92 cm.)
Painted between September 1903-January 1904
Provenance
Théo van Rysselberghe, Brussels (acquired from the artist, 1904).
Victor Freiherr von Mutzenbecher, Berlin (1912).
Marie Lange, Germany.
Private collection, Germany (by descent from the above); sale, Christie's, London, 3 December 1990, lot 18.
Private collection, Belgium; sale, Sotheby's, London, 21 June 2004, lot 38.
Private collection, United States (acquired at the above sale); sale, Christie's, New York, 6 May 2009, lot 21.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
The Artist's Handbook, July-August 1903.
Letter from H.E. Cross to C. Angrand, 3 February 1904.
Letter from H.E. Cross to C. Angrand, 7 February 1904.
"Petite chronique" in L'art moderne, 3 April 1904, p. 116.
Letter from T. van Rysselberghe to O. Maus, 1904.
F. Fénéon, ed., “Les carnets d’H.E. Cross” in Bulletin de la vie artistique, 1 July 1922, no. 13, p. 302.
I. Compin, H.E. Cross, Paris, 1964, pp. 208 and 220.
D.E. Gordon, Modern Art Exhibitions 1900-1916, Munich, 1974, vol. I, p. 224, no. 1019 (illustrated).
J.-J. Levêque, Les années de la Belle Epoque: 1890-1914, Paris, 1991, p. 452 (illustrated in color).
B. Schaefer, 1912 Mission moderne, Die Jahrhundertschau des Sonderbundes, exh. cat., Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, 2012, p. 561, no. 188 (illustrated in color).
Exhibited
Brussels, La Libre Esthétique, Exposition des peintres Impressionnistes, February-March 1904, p. 27, no. 23.
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Exposition d'Art Français, May-July 1907, p. 17, no. 28 (titled Ponte Moro (Venise)).
Cologne, Städtische Ausstellungshalle, Internationale Kunstausstellung der Sonderbundes, May-September 1912, no. 188 (illustrated, fig. 26; titled Canale grande).
Munich, Bayerische Staats-Gemäldesammlungen (on loan).
Maine, Portland Art Museum; Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; New Orleans Museum of Art and Seattle Art Museum, Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterworks from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, October 2015-May 2017, p. 88, no. 19 (illustrated in color, p. 89; detail illustrated in color, pp. 90-91).
Special Notice
On occasion, Christie's has a direct financial interest in the outcome of the sale of certain lots consigned for sale. This will usually be where it has guaranteed to the Seller that whatever the outcome of the auction, the Seller will receive a minimum sale price for the work. This is known as a minimum price guarantee. This is such a lot.
Post Lot Text
This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of Henri Edmond Cross being prepared by Patrick Offenstadt.
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