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Georges Seurat

Born : 1859Died : 1891Documented citizenships : France

Georges Seurat (1859–1891) developed a painting method informed by contemporary research into optics and colour. By placing small touches side by side, he sought an optical mixture that he believed could produce brighter, more intense hues. This approach, associated with Pointillism, accompanied a considered construction of figures and space. His subjects belong to modern life, but their arrangement also refers to ancient sculpture and Italian Renaissance frescoes. A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, painted in 1884–1886, combines this ambition with a monumental scale and simplified figures. Held by the Art Institute of Chicago, the painting received a painted border in 1888–1889, extending the artist’s chromatic investigations beyond the scene itself.

This profile brings together identity references for Georges Seurat and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.

Documented auction references

7auction references
1auction house
3documented results with prices

Kornfeld

References include catalogue entries and available results; they do not all represent completed sales. Attributed works and special lots are excluded from the priced results.

Works recorded at auction

Kornfeld · Lot 9

Le Fiacre

Crayon conté on laid paper

Catalogue period : 2024-09-13

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

Estimate : CHF 1500000

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Kornfeld · Lot 503

Clown

Pencil drawing

Original catalogue wording

Pitre
pencil drawing

Catalogue period : 2022-06-16

Published result : 10000 CHF

Hammer price, excluding fees

Estimate : CHF 12500

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Kornfeld · Lot 506

Le griffon altéré

Pencil

Catalogue period : 2021-09-16

Published result : 20000 CHF

Hammer price, excluding fees

Estimate : CHF 25000

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Kornfeld · Lot 155

Bougie allumée

Aquarell in Blau und Gelb

Catalogue period : 2017-06-16

Published result : 21000 CHF

Hammer price, excluding fees

Estimate : CHF 25000

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Kornfeld · Lot 193

Le fiacre

crayon on laid paper, laid down on wove paper

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

Estimate : CHF 1000000

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Kornfeld

Une périssoire Étude pour 'Bords de Seine à l'Île de la Grande Jatte'

Oil on parquet wood

Date to be documented

Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed

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Sources and references

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