Banks of the Seine near Courbevoie
Artist
Georges Seurat
French, 1859 - 1891
Dateca. 1883
Place of OriginParis, France
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsPanel: 6 1/4 × 9 3/4 in. (15.9 × 24.8 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 11 3/8 × 14 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (28.9 × 37.5 × 2.9 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 11 3/8 × 14 3/4 × 1 1/8 in. (28.9 × 37.5 × 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineThe Hyde Collection Trust, 1952
Object number1971.45
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DescriptionThe panel is one of several oil studies for the first of Seurat's large compositions, "Bathers at Asnières" 1883- 84 (National Gallery, London). The panel depicts the shore of the Seine at Asnières, with the tip of the island of La Grande Jatte (the subject of Seurat's best known painting--AIC) to the right. A boathouse is moored at the bank.Exhibition History"Seurat, 1859-1891", The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 1991- Jan. 1992.- European Paintings & Sculpture
"Pointillisme sur les traces de Seurat", The Foundation de Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, Jan. 23- June 1, 1998.
"Georges Seurat and Neo-Impressionism, 1885-1905"; organized by APT, International, Inc., The Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan, June 2 - July 14, 2002; Utsunomiya Museumof Art, Tochigi, Japan, July 21 - Sept. 1, 2002; The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan, Sept. 9 - Oct. 20, 2002; Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, Oct 26 - Dec. 8, 2002.
"Seurat and The Making of 'La Grande Jatte'"; Chicago, Art Institute, Chicago, IL, June 16 - Sept 19, 2004.Provenance1891, Paris, France, estate of the artist
1939, Paris, France, Jaques DuBourg
Montreal, Canada, M. Bruneau
1947, Montreal, Canada, Watson Art Galleries
1947, New York, NY, Mortimer Brandt Gallery
1947, Glens Falls, NY, Mrs. Charlotte P. Hyde
1952, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
Thomas de Leu
ca. 1606
Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
ca. 1645-50
William Hogarth
published 1796 (engraved 1747)
