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Les Champs Élysées by Henri Edmond Cross

Les Champs Élysées

Henri Edmond Cross · 1890

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DETAILS
Artist
Henri Edmond Cross
Date
1890
Medium
Color lithograph on white Japanese paper laid down on ivory imitation Japanese paper
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
Image/primary support: 20 × 26 cm (7 7/8 × 10 1/4 in.); Sheet: 32.2 × 48.4 cm (12 11/16 × 19 1/16 in.)
Collection
Prints and Drawings
Culture
France
Credit line
Gift of Marie Louise Pritchard
ART MOVEMENTS
Divisionism
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THE ARTIST

Henri Edmond Cross

Henri-Edmond Cross, a master of Neo-Impressionism, evolved from tiny dots of color to broad, mosaic-like brushstrokes that paved the way for Fauvism.

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