The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy

Provenance

The artist's brother-in-law, Léon Appert [d. 1925], Paris; his son, Maurice Appert, Paris. M. Marcelin, Paris; (his estate sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 31 May 1956, no. 25); (Paul Rosenberg, New York). Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia, by 1966;[1] bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014]. [1] Lent to _French Paintings from the Collections of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce_, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1966, no. 141.

The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy

Seurat, Georges

c. 1883

Accession Number

2014.18.51

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 24.77 × 15.24 cm (9 3/4 × 6 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon