Georges Seurat
Gray Weather, Grande Jatte
c. 1886-8870.5 x 86.4 cm
Oil on canvas
Signed lower left: Seurat
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 2002, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002
Literature
Collection catalogues
introduction by Gary Tinterow, Masterpieces of European Painting, 1800-1920, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; New Haven, 2007, nr. 167
Provenance
Alexandre Séon, Paris, after April 1890–at least 1912, gift of the artist
with Walther Halvorsen, Paris, until summer 1921, sold to Quinn
John Quinn, New York, 1921–died 1924
his sister, Julia Quinn Anderson, New York, from 1924
her daughter, Mary Anderson Conroy, San Mateo, Calif., until died 1970
her widower, Dr. Thomas F. Conroy, San Mateo, Calif., 1970–71, sold on 14 October 1971 to Wildenstein
with Wildenstein, New York, 1971–72, sold on 8 February 1972 to Annenberg
Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, Rancho Mirage, Calif., 1972–2002, jointly with MMA, 2002–his death 2002
Other works by Georges Seurat
Angelica at the Rock (after Ingres)
1878
1878
Lucerne, Saint-Denis
1885
1885
Circus Sideshow
1887-88
1887-88
Study for Le Bec du Hoc, Grandcamp
1885
1885
View of Fort Samson
1885
1885