Auction on
28 May 2021 - 15:30 (CEST) -
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
A fine discovery is up for sale with the Beaussant Lefèvre auction house, this panel illustrates a favorite theme of the founder of Neo-Impressionism: people at work.
Georges Seurat (1859-1891), Le Pêcheur (Fisherman), oil on panel, 16.2 x 25.2 cm/6.4 x 10 in. Estimate: €400,000/500,000
Georges Seurat (1859-1891), Le Pêcheur (Fisherman), oil on panel, 16.2 x 25.2 cm/6.4 x 10 in. Estimate: €400,000/500,000
Long kept in a private collection, this painting should pique the interest of an international clientele. Rarity is expensive... A work in its own right, not a study for a larger painting, this panel by Georges Seurat shows one of the figures of working men and women he began producing in 1881 on wooden boards. He called them "little sketches", and stored them in a small paintbox. These small works feature stone breakers, mowers, gardeners, lumberjacks,…
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