Georges Seurat

Paul Signac, France
Madame Berthe Paul Signac (by descent from the above)
Madame Ginette Signac, Paris (by descent from the above)
Sam Salz Inc., New York
Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia (sale: Christie's, New York, 15th November 1983, lot 23)
Purchased at the above sale by the late owner

Paris, Grandes Serres de la Ville de Paris, XXIe Salon des Artistes Indépendants (Rétrospective incorporée au Salon), 1905, no. 33 (titled La Bonne)
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Rétrospective Georges Seurat, 1908-09, no. 168 (titled La Concierge)
Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Les dessins de Seurat, 1926, no. 55
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Seurat, 1957, no. 60 (titled La Concierge)
Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais & New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Georges Seurat 1859-1891, 1991-92, nos. 37 & 38, illustrated in the catalogue
Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin & Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Linie, Licht und Schatten. Meisterzeichnungen und Skulpturen der Sammlung Jan und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 1999, no. 116, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, The Timeless Eye. Master Drawings from the Jan and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski Collection, 1999, no. 128, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Miradas sin Tiempo. Dibujos, Pinturas y Esculturas de la Coleccion Jan y Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2000, no. 152, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, La passion du dessin. Collection Jan et Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2002, no. 141, illustrated in colour in the catalogue
Vienna, Albertina Museum, Goya bis Picasso. Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier und Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, 2005, no. 83, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Gustave Kahn, Les dessins de Georges Seurat, Paris, 1928, illustrated pl. 40
Robert Rey, La Renaissance du sentiment classique dans la peinture française à la fin du XIXe siècle -Degas..., Seurat, Paris, 1931, illustrated p. 26
André Lhote, Seurat, Paris, 1948, illustrated pl. 11
Daniel C. Rich & Robert L. Herbert, Seurat, Paintings and Drawings (exhibition catalogue), The Art Institute of Chicago, 1958, illustrated p. 24 (titled La Bonne)
César M. de Hauke, Seurat et son Œuvre, Paris, 1961, vol. II, no. 603, illustrated p. 186
Robert L. Herbert, Seurat Drawings and Paintings, New Haven & London, 2001, illustrated pl. 18 (dated circa 1882-84)
Jodi Hauptman, Georges Seurat. The Drawings, New York, 2007, fig. 2, illustrated in colour p. 122

Executed on cream laid paper, not laid down and attached to the mount at all four corners, floating in the mount. All four edges are deckled. The sheet is very slightly undulating due to the laying down process. This work is in overall very good condition.
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