Young Woman Powdering Herself

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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)

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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European Art, Beck Collection

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Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenanceSalomon Collection, Nancy, France [1]; [Wildenstein and Co., New York, May 1958] [2]; Mary (1904–1981) and Leigh B. Block (1905–1987), Chicago, November 1958; [sold through Wildenstein and Co., New York, April 1973] [3]; purchased by Mr. and Mrs. John A. and Audrey Jones Beck, Houston, 1973 [4]; given to MFAH,1998.

[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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