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Title:Application of Charles Henry's Chromatic Circle; Théâtre-Libre playbill of January 31, 1889
Series/Portfolio:Published on the cover of the playbill for a performance of the Théàtre Libre on January 31, 1889. (Cover design used throughout the 1888-89 season)
Artist:Paul Signac (French, Paris 1863–1935 Paris)
Date:1889
Medium:Color lithograph on heavy wove paper
Dimensions:6 1/8 x 7 1/16 in. (15.5 x 18 cm)
Classification:Prints
Credit Line:Purchase, Reba and Dave Williams Gift, 1990
Object Number:1990.1056
Dave H. and Reba W. Williams
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Seurat's Circus Sideshow," February 17–May 29, 2017.
Wick 1974, cat. no. 4
John Rewald Post-Impressionism: from van Gogh to Gauguin. 1st ed. (later eds. 1962, 1978). New York, 1956, pp. 89-90;125-12.
Peter Arms Wick, Eberhardt W. Kornfeld Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé et lithographié de Paul Signac. Berne, 1974, cat. no. 4, ill.
Jacob Bean, William M. Griswold, Helen Bobritzky Mules "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1989-1990: Drawings." in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 2, New York, Autumn 1990, p. 48.
Colta Ives, Janet S. Byrne, Suzanne Boorsch, David W. Kiehl "Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 1989-1990: Prints." in The Metropolitan Musem of Art Bulletin. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol. 48, no. 2, New York, Autumn 1990, p. 48, ill.
Marina Ferretti-Bocquillon, Anne Distel, John Leighton, Susan Alyson Stein Signac 1863-1935. Exh. cat., Grand Palais, Paris, Feb. 27-May 28, 2001, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, June 15-Sept. 9, 2001, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Oct. 9-Dec. 30, 2001. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2001, cat. no. 33, p. 139, ill.
Marina Ferretti-Bocquillon, Anne Distel, John Leighton, Susan Alyson Stein Signac: 1863-1935. New York, 2001, cat. no. 33, p. 139, ill.
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