Landscape with Stars

ca. 1905–1908
Not on view
This poetic depiction of a star-streaked sky combines the long broken brushstrokes of Cross's late works with a murky landscape of pen and ink, reminiscent in its impressionistic forms of Japanese painting.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Landscape with Stars
  • Artist: Henri-Edmond Cross (Henri-Edmond Delacroix) (French, Douai 1856–1910 Saint-Clair)
  • Date: ca. 1905–1908
  • Medium: Watercolor on white wove paper
  • Dimensions: 9 5/8 × 12 5/8 in. (24.4 × 32.1 cm)
    Framed: 18 × 24 in. (45.7 × 61 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.592
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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