Classical scene (1871-1910)

Henri-Edmond Cross

colour lithograph, printed in two shades of blue, green, yellow ochre and pink ink, backed to stiff wove paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Photo credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Physical Object Description:

Classical scene, in a Pointilist style; women waving off departing boats, seen on water beyond cypresses, one woman turning away with emotion Colour lithograph, printed in two shades of blue, green, yellow ochre and pink ink, backed to stiff wove paper. Signed and numbered "no 72".

Technique:

Lithograph

Dimensions:

28.4 x 14 cm

Accession Number:

1932,0312.76

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1932

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, 1931; presented to Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1932

Relationship:

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Subject:

Landscape

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