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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1951.70
People
Georges Pierre Seurat, French (Paris 1859 - 1891 Paris)
Title
Woman Seated by an Easel
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Jeune Fille au Tableau de Chevalet
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1884-1888
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297471

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Conté crayon on beige wove paper
Dimensions
30.5 x 23.3 cm (12 x 9 3/16 in.)
frame: 48.3 x 40.6 x 3.2 cm (19 x 16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: (twice in black chalk and once in blue chalk, all three in the same hand), sign for English pounds (in blue chalk); 100 corrected to 300 (in red chalk)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest from the Collection of Maurice Wertheim, Class of 1906
Accession Year
1951
Object Number
1951.70
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alfred M. Frankfurter, "Today's Collectors: Modern Milestones", Art News (June 1946), vol. XLV, no. 4, repr. in b/w p. 31
  • 19th Century French Drawings, exh. cat., California Palace of the Legion of Honor (San Francisco, CA, 1947), no. 147 p. 89, repr.
  • The Maurice Wertheim Collection: Manet to Picasso, exh. cat., The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (Houston, TX, 1962), p. 62, pl. 28
  • The Maurice Wertheim Collection, brochure, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1970), checklist no. 31
  • John O'Brian, Degas to Matisse: the Maurice Wertheim Collection, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. and Fogg Art Museum (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, 1988), no. 14, pp. 75-77, repr. p. 76
  • Carrie Haslett and Michael Marlais, Neo-Impressionism: Artists on the Edge, exh. cat., Portland Museum of Art (Portland, ME, 2002), p. 85
  • Jodi Hauptman, Georges Seurat: The Drawings, exh. cat., The Museum of Modern Art (New York, 2007), no. 122, repr., p. 175
  • Elizabeth M. Rudy, "Researching the Wertheim Collection at the Harvard Art Museums", Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals (Summer 2014), Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 301-6

Exhibition History

  • 19th century French drawings, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 03/08/1947 - 04/06/1947
  • The Maurice Wertheim Collection: Manet to Picasso, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, 06/13/1962 - 09/02/1962
  • European Master Drawing of Six Centuries from the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 11/03/1979 - 12/16/1979
  • Neo-Impressionism: Artists on the Edge, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, 06/27/2002 - 10/20/2002
  • Georges Seurat: The Drawings, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 10/23/2007 - 01/07/2008
  • Modern Art and Modernity, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2016 - 01/08/2017

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