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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