Artist
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)French, 1859–1891
CultureFrench
Titles
- Young Woman Powdering Herself
Date1889
PlaceParis, France
MediumOil on wood
DimensionsPanel: 9 3/4 × 6 3/8 in. (24.8 × 16.2 cm)
Frame: 17 5/8 × 14 1/4 × 3 in. (44.8 × 36.2 × 7.6 cm)
Frame: 17 5/8 × 14 1/4 × 3 in. (44.8 × 36.2 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineJohn A. and Audrey Jones Beck Collection, gift of Audrey Jones Beck
Object number98.301
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
224 Beck Galleries
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[1] Rewald does not identify Salomon beyond the surname and location: Nancy [France].
[2] This date is from Robert L. Herbert, Georges Seurat: 1859–1891 Exh. cat. (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1991), 336.
[3] Source: Herbert (1991), 336.
[4] Letter from Wildenstein & Co. to Mr. John A. Beck, dated 27 April 1973, in which the gallery’s president, Louis Goldenberg, says the gallery has just received this painting for sale. MFAH Object file (Reviewed by Julia May Boddewyn, 8 October 2024)
Exhibition History"Masterpieces: A Memorial Exhibition for Adele R. Levy," Wildenstein and Co., New York, 1961.
"One Hundred European Paintings and Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Leigh B. Block," National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1968.
"The Collection of John A. and Audrey Jones Beck," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1974.
"A Magic Mirror: the Portrait in France 1700-1900," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1986–87.
"Seurat," Réunion Des Musées Nationaux Grand Palais, Paris, April 10–August 10, 1991; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, September 9, 1991–January 12, 1992.
Catalogue raisonnéHenri Dorra and John Rewald, “Seurat” (Paris: 1959), no. 194, p. 246; André Chastel, “L’Opera complete di Seurat,”(Milan: Rizzoli Editore, 1972), no. 198, p. 108, Block collection.; Louis Hautecoeur, “Georges Seurat,” Milan: Fratelli Fabbri Editori, 1971
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