Curator’s note

Study for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte"

An oil study for Seurat’s monumental “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte.” Looser than the final work, it captures the artist testing dots of color and light at the birth of Neo-Impressionism.

Source: Arterra 큐레이션

Date: 1884
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 27 3/4 x 41 in. (70.5 x 104.1 cm)
On view: Gallery 099

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ArtistGeorges Seurat PeriodImpressionism CountryFrance MuseumThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

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