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Georges Seurat

At the Gaîté Rochechouart (Café-concert)

Maker

Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891)

Title

At the Gaîté Rochechouart (Café-concert)

Year

ca. 1887-1888

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

null

Supports

Dimensions

30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 inches)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

42.210

Type

Publications

Exhibition History

From Dürer to Van Gogh
Gifts from Eliza Greene Radeke and Helen Metcalf Danforth
Jun 05, 2008 – Oct 26, 2008

Label copy

The subject of the indoor caféholds an important place in 19th-century French art, and starting in 1887, Georges Seurat executed several drawings of these Parisian nightspots. Like his contemporary Edgar Degas, Seurat was concerned with the effects of artificial light and its power to distort form and evoke atmosphere. By applying the side of his contécrayon to a heavily textured paper, Seurat achieved a vibrating surface pattern of pits and ridges reminiscent of his Pointillist paintings. His composition is wholly tonal, the whites created with just gouache or the white of the page.

Edgar Degas
Six Friends at Dieppe
Sep 16, 2005 – Jan 15, 2006
Raid the Icebox 1 with Andy Warhol
Apr 23, 1970 – Jun 30, 1970
Exchange Exhibition of Paintings from Rose Museum, Brandeis University
Feb 16, 1967 – Apr 02, 1967
Master Drawing from the Museum and a Private Collection
Jun 19, 1946 – Oct 27, 1946

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Tombstone

Georges Seurat (French, 1859-1891)
At the Gaîté Rochechouart (Café-concert), ca. 1887-1888
Conté crayon with gouache on laid paper
30.5 x 23.5 cm (12 x 9 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 42.210

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