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Georges Seurat

Bathers (Study for "Bathers at Asnières"), 1883/1884

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

2014.18.54

Artists / Makers

Georges Seurat (artist) French, 1859 - 1891

Image Use

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Provenance

Georges Renand [1879-1968], at least in 1965.[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].

[1] Renand, a director of the French department store La Samaritaine, lent the painting to a 1965 exhibition in Chartres. The painting did not appear in any of the four sales of Renand's collection (Hôtel Drouot, Paris: 20 November 1987, and 15 March, 31 May, and 13 December, all 1988).

Associated Names

Mellon, Paul, Mr.

Exhibition History

1965: Caillebotte et ses amis Impressionnistes (Cezanne, Manet, Sisley, Renoir...), Musée de Chartres, 1965, no. 38, repro.

Bibliography

1991: Grenier, Catherine. Seurat: Catalogue complet des peintures. Paris, 1991: 57, no. 89, repro.

2014: Kelly, Franklin. "A Lasting Legacy: The Completion of an Unparalleled Gift." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 51 (Fall 2014): 13, repro.