HENRI-EDMOND CROSS (1856-1910) PINE TREES BY THE... Lot 10

HENRI-EDMOND CROSS (1856-1910) PINE TREES BY THE SEA, LE LAVANDOU Watercolor on paper Signed lower left Watercolor on paper; signed lower left 17 X 24 CM - 6 3/4 X 9 1/2 IN. Mr. Patrick Offenstadt has confirmed the authenticity of this work. A notice of inclusion in the Catalogue Raisonné currently in preparation dated October 3, 2013 will be given to the purchaser. PROVENANCE Sale, Boisgirard-Antonini, June 12, 2013, lot 21 Private collection, France "In the quiet of his southern retreat [...], Cross revealed all his talent as a watercolorist. Our painter had perhaps been introduced to this technique by his friend Signac, advised by Camille Pissarro in 1888. Cross would have made his first attempts at watercolor painting the following year. Watercolor became a frequent feature of his work around 1895, and an integral and important part and important part of his work from 1903 onwards." Claire Maigon, "Cross, aquarelliste de la Méditerranée" in. Henri-Edmond Cross, Études et œuvres sur papier, cat. exp. Espace culturel du Lavandou, July 8-September 24, 2006, Réseau Lalan, Le Lavandou: 2006, p. 59.