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Georges Seurat
French, 1859-1891
Le bateau à vapeur (Steamboat), 1882-1883
Conté crayon on paper
sheet: 9 3/8 x 12 1/8 inches (23.81 x 30.8 cm); framed: 16 7/8 x 20 7/8 x 1 5/8 inches (42.86 x 53.02 x 4.13 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Gift of A. Conger Goodyear, 1955
1955:2.1
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Inscriptions
stamp / lower right, "Moline" stamp, in red / Seurat
Provenance
probably Madeleine Knoblock, Paris, from 1891;with Bernheim-Jeune, Paris;
Albert Vuaflart, Paris, until 1917 (his sale, "Collection d'un amateur," Drouot, Paris, December 28-29, 1917, no. 321, for 351 francs);
purchased at this sale by Léon Marseille;
Marius de Zayas, New York, by 1919, until 1923 (de Zayas sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, March 23-24, 1923, no. 72, for $250);
purchased at this sale by John Quinn, New York;
John Quinn estate, 1924-1926;
purchased from the estate by A. Conger Goodyear, New York and Buffalo, March 26, 1926, until 1955;
donated to the Albright Art Gallery, February 5, 1955
Class
Drawings
Work Type
Drawing (visual work)
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