Henri Edmond Cross

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Henri Edmond Cross
1856-1910
Portrait of Georges Seurat Seated
ca. 1884
Graphite.
12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches (325 x 250 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.46

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Watermark: A. Lepage Ainé. Tochon Lepage Succr [r superscript].

Inscription: 

Atelier stamp in red ink at lower right, "H.E.C." in an oval (Lugt S.1305a).

Provenance: 
Estate of the artist; Félix Fénéon, Paris; sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 15 October 1980, lot 43; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Fénéon, Félix, 1861-1944, former owner.
Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 67, repr.
The Thaw Collection : Master Drawings and Oil Sketches : Acquisitions since 1994. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 2002, no. 50.

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