Georges Seurat: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
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Artist |
Georges Seurat
(1859–1891) |
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Description |
French painter, drawer, lithographer and designer |
Date of birth/death |
2 December 1859 |
29 March 1891 |
Location of birth/death |
Paris |
Paris |
Work location |
Brest (1879), Paris (November 1880), Burgundy (1881), Paris (1882-1886), Normandy (1885), Honfleur (1886), Paris (1886), Port-en-Bessin-Huppain (July 1888), Le Crotoy (1889), Gravelines (1890), Paris (1890-1891) |
Authority file |
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artist QS:P170,Q34013 |
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Title |
Français : Un dimanche après-midi à l'Île de la Grande Jatte English: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte |
Object type |
painting |
Genre |
genre art |
Date |
between 1884 and 1886 date QS:P571,+1884-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1884-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1886-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
Dimensions |
height: 207.5 cm (81.6 in); width: 308.1 cm (10.1 ft) dimensions QS:P2048,207.5U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,308.1U174728 |
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q239303 |
Current location |
metropolitan museum |
Accession number |
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Place of creation |
France |
Object history |
By decent to Mme. Seurat, the artist’s mother (died 1899), Paris, 1891; by descent to Emile Seurat, the artist’s brother; sold for 800 francs to Casimir Brû, Paris, 1900; given by him to his daughter, Lucie, Paris, 1900; Lucie Brû Cousturier and Edmond Cousturier, Paris; sold for $20,000 possibly through Charles Vildrac, Paris to Frederic Clay and Helen Birch Bartlett, Chicago, 1924; given to the Art Institute, 1926. |
Exhibition history |
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Inscriptions |
Inscrit en bas à droite : Seurat
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Notes |
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References |
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Authority file |
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Source/Photographer |
The Art Institute of Chicago |
Permission (Reusing this file) |
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