Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884"

Putting It Together

Georges Seurat

Oil Sketch for "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884"

1884

Oil on panel, 15.5 × 24.3 cm. The Art Institute of Chicago

One of more than 20 painted studies, it looks at first like the layout of the final canvas.

  • Its 20-odd figures, though, "have little to do with the final version," the Art Institute notes.
  • The trio at right was completely rethought.
  • Compare it with the finished painting under Unity and Variety.

Concepts

Image: The Art Institute of Chicago · Public domain (AIC API is_public_domain: true)

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