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Property from a Prominent North American Collection
GEORGES SEURAT (1859-1891)
Casseur de pierres
Details
GEORGES SEURAT (1859-1891)
Casseur de pierres
stamped with signature 'Seurat' (Lugt 2282a; lower right)
oil on cradled panel
6 5⁄8 x 10 1⁄8 in. (16.7 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1882
Casseur de pierres
stamped with signature 'Seurat' (Lugt 2282a; lower right)
oil on cradled panel
6 5⁄8 x 10 1⁄8 in. (16.7 x 25.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1882
Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Jos Hessel, Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 27 March 1929).
T. Edward Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania (acquired from the above, 3 March 1944, and until at least 1968).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York and The New Gallery (E.V. Thaw), New York.
Elinor Dorrance Ingersoll, New York (acquired from the above, 1971, and until at least October 1977).
Private collection, Rhode Island.
Private collection, The Netherlands (acquired from the above, November 1998); sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 12.
Peggy and David Rockefeller, New York (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 8 May 2018, lot 43.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Jos Hessel, Paris.
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York (acquired from the above, 27 March 1929).
T. Edward Hanley, Bradford, Pennsylvania (acquired from the above, 3 March 1944, and until at least 1968).
Acquavella Galleries, Inc., New York and The New Gallery (E.V. Thaw), New York.
Elinor Dorrance Ingersoll, New York (acquired from the above, 1971, and until at least October 1977).
Private collection, Rhode Island.
Private collection, The Netherlands (acquired from the above, November 1998); sale, Christie's, New York, 8 November 2006, lot 12.
Peggy and David Rockefeller, New York (acquired at the above sale); Estate sale, Christie's, New York, 8 May 2018, lot 43.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
H. Dorra and J. Rewald, Seurat: L'oeuvre peint, biographie et catalogue critique, Paris, 1959, p. 19, no. 20 (illustrated).
C.M. de Hauke, Seurat et son oeuvre, Paris, 1961, vol. I, pp. 18-19, no. 33 (illustrated).
A. Chastel, L'opera completa di Seurat, Milan, 1972, pp. 93-94, no. 36 (illustrated; titled Spaccapietre a torso nudo).
A. Distel, Seurat, Paris, 1991, p. 150, no. 5 (illustrated).
M.F. Zimmermann, Seurat and the Art Theory of His Time, Antwerp, 1991, pp. 90-91, fig. 129 (illustrated).
G. Lowry, intro., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Supplement, New York, 2015, vol. V, pp. 32-34 (illustrated).
C.M. de Hauke, Seurat et son oeuvre, Paris, 1961, vol. I, pp. 18-19, no. 33 (illustrated).
A. Chastel, L'opera completa di Seurat, Milan, 1972, pp. 93-94, no. 36 (illustrated; titled Spaccapietre a torso nudo).
A. Distel, Seurat, Paris, 1991, p. 150, no. 5 (illustrated).
M.F. Zimmermann, Seurat and the Art Theory of His Time, Antwerp, 1991, pp. 90-91, fig. 129 (illustrated).
G. Lowry, intro., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Supplement, New York, 2015, vol. V, pp. 32-34 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Utica, New York, Munson Williams-Proctor Institute, Impressionism: French and American, 1943, no. 11.
Minnesota, The St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, French Art, 1900-1938, November 1943, no. 3 (dated circa 1884).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Seurat, Paintings and Drawings, April-May 1949, no. 10 (dated circa 1884).
The Art Institute of Chicago and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Seurat: Paintings and Drawings, January-May 1958, no. 19.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc. and Cambridge, The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Paintings and Drawings from the Hanley Collection, November 1961-April 1962, no. 32.
New York, Gallery of Modern Art and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Selections from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. T. Edward Hanley, January-May 1967, p. 53 (illustrated).
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio, Works from the Hanley Collection, November-December 1968, no. 105.
Minnesota, The St. Paul Gallery and School of Art, French Art, 1900-1938, November 1943, no. 3 (dated circa 1884).
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., Seurat, Paintings and Drawings, April-May 1949, no. 10 (dated circa 1884).
The Art Institute of Chicago and New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Seurat: Paintings and Drawings, January-May 1958, no. 19.
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc. and Cambridge, The Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Paintings and Drawings from the Hanley Collection, November 1961-April 1962, no. 32.
New York, Gallery of Modern Art and Philadelphia Museum of Art, Selections from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. T. Edward Hanley, January-May 1967, p. 53 (illustrated).
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, Ohio, Works from the Hanley Collection, November-December 1968, no. 105.
Presentado por
Emmanuelle Loulmet
Specialist, Head of the Impressionist and Modern Day Sale