Horse and Boats (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

1883/1884

Georges Seurat

Artist, French, 1859 - 1891

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery 88

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist's brother-in-law, Léon Appert [d. 1925], Paris. private collection, Paris, by 1959.[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].
[1] Henri Dorra and John Rewald, Seurat, Paris, 1959: 86, no. 87.

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Exhibition History

1933

  • Seurat et ses amis, Exposition de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1933, no. 159.

Bibliography

1959

  • Dorra, Henri, and John Rewald. Seurat, l'oeuvre peint, biographie et catalogue critique. Paris, 1959: 86, no. 87, repro.

1991

  • Grenier, Catherine. Seurat: Catalogue complet des peintures. Paris, 1991: 56, no. 87, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20189626

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