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1884 · Art Institute of Chicago

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Georges SeuratWikidata

painting by Georges Seurat, Art Institute of Chicago

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Date
1884Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1884–86, border added 1888–89
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
207.5 × 308.1 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 207.5 × 308.1 cm
Gallery
Gallery 240Art Institute of Chicago
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
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Provenance

Where it has been

  1. 1891 – 1899
    Ernestine Seurat born Faivre
    high confidenceWikidata · owned by
  2. 1926 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
    high 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.
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