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(New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2014), 113, 134, 139, 177 fig. 100.\n\nMarina Ferretti Bocquillon, \"Henry-Edmond Cross and Germany,\" in Mus\u00e9e des Impressionismes, Giverny, Color and Light: The Neo-Impressionist Henri-Edmond Cross, exh. cat.. (Prestel, 2018) cover image; pp. 19\n\nDaniel Zamani, \"\u2019To Paint Happiness\u2019?: Henry-Edmond Cross\u2019s Landscapes,\" in Mus\u00e9e des Impressionismes, Giverny, Color and Light: The Neo-Impressionist Henri-Edmond Cross, exh. cat. (Prestel, 2018) cover image; pp. 23; 99, 256, cat. 14.\n\nSymphony of Colors: Paul Signac and Neo-Impressionism, exh. cat. 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