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1884 · Art Institute of Chicago
A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
painting by Georges Seurat, Art Institute of Chicago
In the picture
- Date
- 1884WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1884–86, border added 1888–89
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 207.5 × 308.1 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 207.5 × 308.1 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Gallery
- Gallery 240Art Institute of Chicago
- Movement
- Post-impressionism, pointillism, divisionismWikidata
- Genre
- history paintingWikidata
- Materials
- oil paint, canvasWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1926.224Wikidata
- Credit line
- Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial CollectionArt Institute of Chicago
- Exhibitions
- 8th impressionist exhibition
Provenance
Where it has been
- 1891 – 1899Ernestine Seurat born Faivrehigh confidenceWikidata · owned by
- 1926 –Art Institute of Chicagohigh confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
Paris, Maison Dorée, 1, rue Laffitte, VIIIème Exposition de peinture, May 15–June 15, 1886, cat. 175.
Paris, Rue des Tuileries, IIème Exposition de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, August 21–September 21, 1886, cat. 353.
Brussels, Musée de l’Art Modern, IVe exposition annuelle de XX, February, 1887, cat. 1.
Paris, Pavillon de la Ville de Paris, VIIIème Exposition de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, March 19–April 27, 1892, cat. 1082.
Paris, 23 Boulevard des Italiens, Exposition de La Revue Blanche, Georges Seurat: Oeuvres peintes et dessinées, March 19–April 5, 1900, cat. 17.
Paris, Grandes Serres de la Ville de Paris (serre “B” de la Champs de la Reine, Aval-Alma), 21me Exposition de la Société des Artistes Indépendants. Éxposition Rétrospective Georges Seurat (1859-1891), 1905, cat. 18.
Paris, Galeries Bernheim-Jeune et Cie, Georges Seurat (1859-1891), December 14, 1908–January 9, 1909, cat. 58.
Paris, Galeries Bernheim-Jeune, Exposition Georges Seurat, January 15–31, 1920, cat. 23.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Exhibition of Modern French Paintings from the Birch-Bartlett Collection, April–September, 1925, checklist no. 9.
Boston Art Club, Birch-Bartlett Collection of Modern French Paintings, December 9-16, 1925, checklist no. 26.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1933, cat. 370.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1–November 1, 1934, cat. 324.
Art Institute of Chicago, Art of the United Nations, November 16, 1944–January 1, 1945, no cat. no.
Art Institute of Chicago, Seurat: Paintings and Drawings, January 16–March 7, 1958, cat. 101, traveled to New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Seurat: Paintings and Drawings, March 24–May 11, 1958.
Art Institute of Chicago, The Art of the Edge: European Frames 1300-1900, October 17–December 14, 1986, not included in the catalogue.
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago’s Dream, A World’s Treasure: The Art Institute of Chicago 1893-1993, November 1–January 9, 1994, no cat. no, pl. 21.
Art Institute of Chicago, Seurat and the Making of ‘La Grande Jatte,’ June 16-September 19, 2004, cat. 80.
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago27992
- Wikimedia CommonsA Sunday on La Grande Jatte, Georges Seurat, 1884.jpg
- inventory number1926.224
- WikidataQ1044742
- Fame rank#57 (35 Wikipedia articles)