Landscape with Stars
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
- 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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