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GEORGES SEURAT (1859-1891)
En marche
stamped with signature 'Seurat' (Lugt 2282a; lower right)
black Conté crayon on paper laid down on paper
12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 24.4 cm.)
Drawn circa 1882
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Félix Fénéon, Paris.
Charles Saunier, Paris (acquired from the above, by 1908).
André Valladier, Paris.
Jacques Dupont, Paris (by 1954).
Private collection, Europe (by descent from the above); sale, Christie’s, London, 9 December 1997, lot 3.
Simon C. Dickinson, Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2007.
Literature
L. Cousturier, Georges Seurat Paris, 1926, p. 49 (dated circa 1883-1883).
C. Roger-Marx, Seurat, Paris, 1931, no. 27 (illustrated).
A. Lhote, Seurat, Paris, 1948 (illustrated, pl. 3).
C.M. de Hauke, Seurat et son oeuvre, Paris, 1961, p. 94, no. 489 (illustrated, p. 95).
Exhibited
Paris, La Revue Blanche, Georges Seurat March-April 1900, no. 51.
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune et Cie., Rétrospective Georges Seurat December 1908-January 1909, no. 127.
Paris, Musée Carnavalet, Chef d'œuvres des collections Parisiennes école française du XIX siècle, December 1952-February 1953, p. 45, no. 188 (titled L'homme qui marche).
Paris, Musée national d'art moderne, Le dessin de Toulouse-Lautrec aux Cubistes, 1954, p. 37, no. 190.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Seurat, November-December 1957, no. 40.
Seattle, Pivot Art + Culture, A Closer Look: Portraits from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection, December 2016-March 2017.
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