Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891) - Parthénon (Fragment de la Frise)

Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891) - Parthénon (Fragment de la Frise)

Signed and dated ‘Seurat 1875’ bottom right; also titled bottom left and with ‘Michallet’ watermark upper right, graphite on laid paper
Sheet size: 17 7/8 x 24 3/16 in. (45.4 x 61.4cm)

Provenance

The Artist.
By descent in the Seurat family.
Collection of Madame Léopold Appert.
Private Collection.
The Colony, Ltd., New Orleans, Louisiana.
Hammer Galleries, New York, New York.
Christie's, New York, sale of October 22, 1980, lot 311.
Acquired directly from the above sale.
The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Literature

Cesar M. de Hauke (Cesar Mange), Seurat et son Œuvre, Gründ, Paris, 1961, Vol. II, pp. 4-5, no. 220 (illustrated, p. 5).