Georges Seurat, 1859-1891

Georges Seurat, 1859–1891

Herbert, Robert L., Françoise Cachin, Anne Distel, Susan Alyson Stein, and Gary Tinterow
1991
460 pages
352 illustrations
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Curators of the Exhibition
Foreword
Sponsor's Statement
Note to the Reader

Catalogue
Robert L. Herbert

Introduction

Early Life and Education

Independent Drawings 1881–1884

Independent Paintings 1879–1884

Une Baignade, Asnières 1883–1884

Un dimanche à la Grande Jatte 1884–1886

1884–1886

Seascapes: Grandcamp and Honfleur 1885–1886

1886–1888

Poseuses 1886–1888
Françoise Cachin

The Café-Concert 1886–1888
Gary Tinterow

Parade de cirque 1886–1887
Gary Tinterow

Seascapes: Port-en-Bessin 1888

1889–1890

Chahut 1889–1890

Seascapes: Gravelines 1890

Cirque 1890–1891
Anne Distel

Appendixes
A. Seurats Painted Borders and Frames
B. Aman-Jean on Seurat's School Years
C. Seurat's Collection of Prints, Reproductions, and Photographs
D. Seurat's List of Owners of His Works, 1886
E. Seurat's Esthétique
F. Seurat's Letter to Fénéon, June 20, 1890
G. Charles Blanc
H. D.P.G. Humbert de Superville and G.B. Duchenne de Boulogne
I. David Sutter
J. Michel-Eugène Chevreul
K. Ogden Rood
M. Camille Corot
O. Thomas Couture
P. Gauguins Article (Le papier de Gauguin)

Chronology
Anne Distel

List of Exhibitions
Françoise Cachin

Bibliography
Concordance
Acknowledgments for the American Edition
Index

Met Art in Publication

The Hand of Poussin, after Ingres, Georges Seurat  French, Graphite
Georges Seurat
1875–77
Le Charivari, March 16, 1854–December 31, 1857, Honoré Daumier  French, Lithographs and wood engravings
Honoré Daumier
March 16, 1854–December 31, 1857
Plate 22 from "Los Caprichos": Poor little girls! (Pobrecitas!), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)  Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799
Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean), Georges Seurat  French, Conté crayon on Michallet paper
Georges Seurat
1882–83
Embroidery; The Artist's Mother, Georges Seurat  French, Conté crayon on Michallet paper
Georges Seurat
1882–83
Plate 15 from 'Los Caprichos': A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos), Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)  Spanish, Etching, burnished aquatint, burin
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
1799
Landscape with Houses, Georges Seurat  French, Conté crayon
Georges Seurat
1881–82
House at Dusk (La Cité), Georges Seurat  French, Conté crayon
Georges Seurat
1881–82
Foal (Le Poulain) [also called "The Colt"], Georges Seurat  French, Conté crayon on laid paper
Georges Seurat
1882–83
Courbevoie: Factories by Moonlight, Georges Seurat  French, Conté crayon
Georges Seurat
1882–83
Landscape at Saint-Ouen, Georges Seurat  French, Oil on wood, mounted on wood
Georges Seurat
1878 or 1879
The Mower, Georges Seurat  French, Oil on wood
Georges Seurat
1881–82
The Forest at Pontaubert, Georges Seurat  French, Oil on canvas
Georges Seurat
1881
The Gardener, Georges Seurat  French, Oil on wood
Georges Seurat
1882–83
View of the Seine, Georges Seurat  French, Oil on wood
Georges Seurat
1882–83
Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", Georges Seurat  French, Oil on wood
Georges Seurat
1884
A Woman Fishing, Georges Seurat  French, Conté crayon
Georges Seurat
1884
Monkey, Georges Seurat  French, Conté crayon
Georges Seurat
1884
Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte", Georges Seurat  French, Oil on canvas
Georges Seurat
1884
The Lighthouse at Honfleur, Georges Seurat  French, Conté crayon heightened with gouache on laid paper
Georges Seurat
1886
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Herbert, Robert L., and Georges Seurat. 1991. Georges Seurat, 1859-1891. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by Abrams.