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

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 88

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 15.88 × 25.08 cm (6 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

Accession Number

2014.18.55

Artists / Makers

Georges Seurat (artist) French, 1859 - 1891

Image Use

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Provenance

The artist's brother-in-law, Léon Appert [d. 1925], Paris. private collection, Paris, by 1959.[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].

[1] Henri Dorra and John Rewald, Seurat, Paris, 1959: 86, no. 87.

Associated Names

Appert, Léon
Mellon, Paul
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)

Exhibition History

1933: Seurat et ses amis, Exposition de la Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1933, no. 159.

Bibliography

1959: Dorra, Henri, and John Rewald. Seurat, l'oeuvre peint, biographie et catalogue critique. Paris, 1959: 86, no. 87, repro.

1991: Grenier, Catherine. Seurat: Catalogue complet des peintures. Paris, 1991: 56, no. 87, repro.