Provenance
The artist [1857-1891], until his death.[1] Jacques and Pierre Puybonnieux, Paris, until 1956.[2] (Wildenstein, Paris). Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia, by 1958;[3] bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014].
[1] Atelier Seurat, posthumous inventory, no. 58.
[2] Jacques and Pierre Puybonnieux were the sons of Marie Puybonnieux, Seurat’s cousin, who probably inherited the painting from Seurat’s mother. They were probably the lenders to the 1933 Paris exhibition _Seurat et Ses Amis_, as they did lend a small panel formerly in the Adele and Arthur Lehman collection.
[3] Lent to _Seurat Paintings and Drawings_, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1958, no. 30, as _Peasant at Work_.
Accession Number
2014.18.49
Medium
oil on wood
Dimensions
overall: 14.61 × 24.13 cm (5 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon