Henri-Edmond Cross Auction Prices and Value Guide

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Henri-Edmond Cross auction prices depend on medium, size, date, condition, provenance, edition details, attribution confidence, and recent comparable auction sales.

Artist
Henri-Edmond Cross
Source records
648
Market update
2026-02-06

Artist context

About Henri-Edmond Cross

Henri-Edmond Cross, born Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix in 1856 in Douai, France, was a French painter, printmaker, and watercolorist who became one of the defining figures of Neo-Impressionism. He adopted the anglicized surname Cross to distinguish himself from the Romantic painter Eugène Delacroix. After early training in Lille and Paris, Cross joined the Neo-Impressionist circle around Georges Seurat and Paul Signac in the mid-1880s and helped shape the movement's second phase, moving toward broader, more expressive brushwork and richer color. Settling in Saint-Clair in the south of France in 1890, the intense Mediterranean light became central to his luminous landscapes and figurative compositions. Cross exhibited with the avant-garde group Les XX in Brussels and regularly at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris. His daring use of color significantly influenced Henri Matisse and other artists whose experiments would soon give rise to Fauvism. Cross died in 1910 in Saint-Clair.

Neo-ImpressionismPointillismFauvism (precursor and influence)oil paintingwatercolorlithographydrawingMediterranean coastal landscapesgarden and floral scenesallegorical and mythological figures

Common works and media

Cross worked across oil on canvas, watercolor, gouache, and print media including lithographs. His most recognized subjects are sun-drenched Mediterranean coastal and garden landscapes around Saint-Clair and Saint-Tropez, often rendered in vibrant divided-color brushwork. He also produced allegorical and mythological figurative compositions featuring nymphs and pastoral scenes, as well as portraits and still lifes. Lithographs and watercolors from his later period are the works most commonly encountered outside major museum holdings.

Market and appraisal context

Henri-Edmond Cross commands a well-established and active auction market spanning over three decades (1994–2026), with 436 recorded lots of which 286 carry realized prices. Price dispersion is wide: the recorded range runs from €40 at the low end (small prints and drawings at regional houses) to $9,550,000 at the top (major Neo-Impressionist oils). The interquartile spread of $950–$13,750 reflects a market where medium-quality works on paper and minor oils trade in the low four figures, while museum-quality mature-period oils regularly achieve six and seven figures. Liquidity is healthy, with 20 lots appearing in the trailing 12 months (up from 13 in the prior period), indicating rising supply and collector engagement. The top-tier houses — Christie's and Sotheby's — dominate the high end, accounting for the strongest results including Christie's $736,600 for the oil L'Epave (Nov 2025) and Sotheby's €44,450 for Nu couché (Apr 2025). Mid-tier firms such as Bonhams ($66,000 for L'Enfant au tablier blanc, Nov 2024), Artcurial (€9,000), and Aguttes (€4,000) provide consistent mid-market activity. Regional and specialist houses (Swann, Freeman's | Hindman, Sworders, Olympia, Leonard Joel) handle prints, drawings, and smaller oils in the sub-$5,000 range. The market is predominantly centered in Paris, London, and New York, with secondary activity in Geneva, Melbourne, and Philadelphia.

Auction categories and appraisal factors

Common auction categories

  • oil painting
  • watercolor
  • lithograph
  • drawing
  • printmaking

Value drivers

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Appraisal caveats

  • Market data in this profile is based on published auction-house categories and art-historical context from museum and authority sources; specific price records and comparable lot data should be consulted from major auction databases before any appraisal conclusion.
  • The source pack did not include live auction-result data or specific realized prices; valuation ranges are not provided here.
  • The price distribution ($40–$9,550,000) reflects extreme dispersion across medium, size, period, and condition. A single price range cannot meaningfully describe this market; valuation requires medium- and period-specific comparable analysis.
  • The Appraisily auction-record dataset includes 436 lots (286 priced) aggregated from public auction feeds. Not all lots may be documented with full metadata (category, image, or detailed description), which limits categorical precision.

Evidence

Sources for artist context

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Data basis

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