Georges Seurat

Study for "La grande jatte"



Georges Seurat - Study for



Georges Seurat
Study for "La grande jatte"
1884/85
15.9 x 25 cm
Oil on wood
Signed lower left with stamp: Seurat
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection


Literature

Collection catalogues
John Walker, National Gallery of Art, Washington, New York, 1995, nr. 776


Provenance

With Bernheim-Jeune, Paris
with Alex Reid & Lefèvre, Glasgow and London
Percy Moore Turner (died c. 1951), London, and Oxnead, Gerrards Cross, Buckingham, by 1933 until at least 1937
with Wildenstein & Co., Inc., London, New York, and Paris
Capt. Edward H. Molyneux (1891-1974), London and Paris, probably by 1943
sold 15 August 1955 to Ailsa Mellon Bruce (1901-1969), New York
bequest 1970 to NGA

External links

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Accession number 1970.17.81

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Georges Seurat The Stone Breakers, Le Raincy
The Stone Breakers, Le Raincy
c. 1882

Georges Seurat Fisherman in a Moored Boat
Fisherman in a Moored Boat
c. 1882

Georges Seurat Final Study for the
Final Study for the "Bathers at Asnières"
1883

Georges Seurat Boat by the Riverbank
Boat by the Riverbank
c. 1883

Georges Seurat The Circus
The Circus
1891