Landscape with Sky

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Landscape with Sky
Landscape with Stars MET DT736.jpg
Artist Henri-Edmond Cross
Yearc. 1905
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions24.4 cm× 32.1 cm(9.6 in× 12.6 in)
Location Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Accession1975.1.592

Landscape with Stars is an early 20th century painting by Henri-Edmond Cross. Done in watercolor on white wove paper, the work is a part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. [1]

Reminiscent of Japanese painting, the impressionistic work depicts a star-studded sky above a pen and ink landscape. One art critic described the work as combining decorative and scientific aspects. [2]

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References

  1. "Landscape with Sky". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  2. (New York), Metropolitan Museum of Art; Szabo, George; Szabó, George (1980). 19th Century French Drawings from the Robert Lehman Collection: Catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN   978-0-87099-256-8.