A Summer Landscape
1883
Artist, French, 1859 - 1891


West Building Main Floor, Gallery 88
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 15.88 × 25.08 cm (6 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
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Accession
2014.18.52
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia, by 1966;[1] bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].
[1] Lent to French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 142, repro.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1900
Georges Seurat (1860-1891): oeuvres peintes et dessinées, La Revue Blanche, Paris, 1900, no. 21.
1908
Exposition Georges Seurat, 1859-1891, Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, 1908-1909, no. 17.
1966
French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 142, repro.
Bibliography
1959
Dorra, Henri, and John Rewald. Seurat, l'oeuvre peint, biographie et catalogue critique. Paris, 1959: no. 72, repro.
1991
Grenier, Catherine. Seurat: Catalogue complet des peintures. Paris, 1991: no. 57, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20189665