Horse and Boats (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Provenance

The artist's brother-in-law, Léon Appert [d. 1925], Paris. private collection, Paris, by 1959.[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to his wife, Rachel Lambert Mellon [1910-2014]. [1] Henri Dorra and John Rewald, _Seurat_, Paris, 1959: 86, no. 87.

Horse and Boats (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Seurat, Georges

1883/1884

Accession Number

2014.18.55

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 15.88 × 25.08 cm (6 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon