Georges Seurat, L'Homme à femmes

Property Formerly in the Collection of Félix Fénéon
Georges Seurat
1859 - 1891
L'Homme à femmes

Signed Seurat. (toward lower left)
Pen and ink on paper mounted on card
10 1/8 by 6 1/2 in. (25.6 by 16.5 cm)
Framed: 17 3/4 by 14 3/8 in. (45.1 by 36.4 cm)
Executed in 1890.

Condition Report:
Executed on buff-colored tracing paper mounted to a piece of card. The upper edge of the sheet is unevenly cut. A 1/2 inch loss to the sheet in the center left edge. Minor losses in the lower left and right corners. A repaired loss to the center of the right edge. A 1 inch long repaired tear extending from the lower right edge. The medium is strong and well preserved. This work is in good condition.

Provenance:
(possibly) Estate of the artist

Victor Joze, Paris (acquired circa 1891)

Félix Fénéon, Paris (acquired in 1926)

Baron Robert von Hirsch, Basel (acquired in 1958 and sold: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., London, June 27, 1978, lot 848)

Private Collection, Geneva

Galerie Jacques Benador, Geneva

Galerie Tarica, Paris

Yves Saint Laurent & Pierre Bergé, Paris (acquired from the above in September 1985 and sold by the estate: Christie's, Paris, February 23, 2009, lot 6)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner