Henri Edmond Cross

Galerie Bernheim-Jeune & Cie, Paris
Sale: Galerie Charpentier, Paris, December 10, 1959, lot 34
Private Collection, New York
Wildenstein & Co., New York
Mrs. Edward G. Robinson (and sold: Christie's, New York, May 17, 1983, lot 33)
Schiller & Bodo, New York

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition Rétrospective Henri Edmond Cross, 1937, no. 5

Isabelle Compin, H.E. Cross, Paris, 1964, no. 227E, catalogued p. 335

The work is painted on an unprepared wood board that has been beveled on the reverse. The paint surface is in generally good condition and the colors are fresh. Under UV, there are no apparent inpaints.
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The importance of Henri Edmond Cross's contribution to the history of modern art has recently been re-asserted, particularly through his works from 1905 onwards. Cross was an influential member of the Neo-Impressionist movement, counting artists like Paul Signac, Georges Seurat, Camille Pissarro, and Theo Van Rysselberghe among his friend's and peers. Bateaux échoués au Lavandou was painted near St. Tropez, where he would spend the last 20 years of his life (1892-1910) and where he would influence a new generation of artists, including Matisse and the future Fauves. The relationship can clearly be seen through the bold coloration and rigorous paint handling of the present lot.