1964.15.1: Views near Juan-les-Pins, Estérel Mountains, La Bocca; verso: blank page

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1964.15.1

People

Henri-Edmond Cross, French (Douai, France 1856 - 1910 Saint-Clair, France)

Title

Views near Juan-les-Pins, Estérel Mountains, La Bocca; verso: blank page

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

sketchbook page, drawing

Date

1897

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/7118

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

16.2 x 12.3 cm (6 3/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Recto, graphite, in artist's hand: jaune / gris bleu / bleu / Esterel [Estérel] / Juan les Pins / gris / bleu / La Bocca / Saumon / 1 / 3 / 1 / 2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Marie Closset (pen name Jean Dominique), gift to May Sarton. given to May Sarton before Closset's death in 1952
May Sarton, gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of May Sarton

Accession Year

1964

Object Number

1964.15.1

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Commentary

The inscriptions refer to colors and to the location of the sketches: La Bocca and Juan-les-Pins, villages close to Cannes on the French Riviera, at the foot of the Estérel Mountains.
The washed drawing is related to the painting "Fishers at the Mediterranean Coast" (Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands; inv.nr. 72-19).

Related Works

• 1964.15

  Henri-Edmond Cross

  Sketchbook

  Drawings

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