Georges Seurat — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works196

Museum Acquisitions

Met

Previous Sales 76

Christie's

Femme s'éloignant

$127,000

May 2026

Christie's

La Concierge (La Maquerelle - La Bonne)

£457,200 ($604k USD)

Mar 2026

Sotheby's

Clowns et poney, 1883

Unknown

Nov 2025

Christie's

L'Hôtel des Invalides, vue d'un parapet de la Seine

$1,143,000

Nov 2025

Sotheby's

Blé et arbres (Le Champ de blé) (recto); Portrait de Félix Fénéon (verso)

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Sotheby's

Christie's

Sotheby's

Printemps à la Grande Jatte

Sotheby's

Christie's

Christie's

Les Poseuses, Ensemble (Petite version), 1888

$149,240,000

Nov 2022

Christie's

Femme debout, en toilette de ville

$2,220,000

Nov 2022

Christie's

Ouvriers enfonçant des pieux

$504,000

May 2022

Christie's

Paysage, homme assis (Etude pour Un dimanche après-midi à l'Ile de la Grande Jatte ), 1884

$4,140,000

May 2022

Christie's

Paysage et personnages (La jupe rose), 1884

$13,184,000

May 2021

Christie's

Le Saint-Cyrien, 1884

$4,350,000

May 2021

Christie's

La voile blanche, 1890

$4,590,000

Mar 2021

Sotheby's

L'Homme à femmes, 1890

Unknown

Nov 2020

Christie's

La Source, d'après Ingres

£21,250 ($28k USD)

Feb 2020

Christie's

La Maison au toit rouge

€586,000 ($645k USD)

Mar 2019

Christie's

La rade de Grandcamp (Le port de Grandcamp), 1885

Christie's

For Sale 6

Daxer & Marschall · Artsy

Un Soir, Gravelines, 1890

For sale

Conté crayon on Michallet paper

BAILLY GALLERY · Artsy

Marine, Grandcamp, 1885

Price on request

Oil on panel

Galerie la Presidence · Artsy

La Promeneuse au manchon (Walker with a Muff), 1884

Price on request

Conté crayon on paper

Yale University Art Gallery · Artsy

L’écho (Echo), study for Une baignade, Asnières (Bathers at Asnières), 1883

For sale

Conté crayon on Michallet paper

Yale University Art Gallery · Artsy

Black Cow in a Meadow, 1881

For sale

Oil on panel

Van Gogh Museum · Artsy

Final Study for “Bathers at Asnières”, 1883

For sale

Oil on panel

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Publications27

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Monograph 11

Georges Seurat

Yale University Press · 2015

Seurat and la Grande Jatte

Abrams · 2004

Seurat

Yale University Press · 2001

Seurat and the avant-garde

Yale University Press · 1997

Georges Seurat

Rizzoli · 1992

Seurat Author

Phaidon Press · 1991

Seurat

Rizzoli · 1990

Seurat

Phaidon Press · 1985

Seurat and the science of painting

MIT Press · 1985

Seurat and the science of painting

MIT Press · 1964

Seurat

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Exhibition Catalog 9

Divisionismus: Beherrschte Farbe? Ungebändigte Farbe!

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Art to Hear: Georges Seurat

Hatje Cantz · 2009

Georges Seurat: Figure dans l'espace

Hatje Cantz · 2009

Georges Seurat: Figure in Space

Hatje Cantz · 2009

Georges Seurat: Figur im Raum

Hatje Cantz · 2009

Kunst zum Hören: Georges Seurat

Hatje Cantz · 2009

Divisionismus Neoimpressionismus Arkadien und Anarchie

Hatje Cantz · 2007

Pointillismus. Auf den Spuren von Georges Seurat

Prestel · 1997

Georges Seurat, 1859-1891

Abrams · 1991

Group Catalog 1

Malerei und Plastik

Hatje Cantz · 2015

Survey 6

Art: The Whole Story

Thames & Hudson · 2026

Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawings

Thames & Hudson · 2025

Icons: 100 Extraordinary Objects from Sotheby’s History

Phaidon Press · 2024

Making It Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now

Thames & Hudson · 2022

A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works

Thames & Hudson · 2018

The Impressionists

Thames & Hudson · 1995

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Current Exhibitions0

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Past Exhibitions3

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Seurat and the Sea

Georges Seurat

Office 306A, Berkeley Square House, Berkeley Square, London W1J 6BD, United Kingdom

Feb 13, 2026 — May 14, 2026

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Busch-Reisinger Museum

Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black

Georges Seurat, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, Odilon Redon, Piet Mondrian, Lyonel Feininger, Diego Rivera, Richard Serra, John Wilson, Isabella Quintanilla, Toyin Ojih Odutola

Sep 12, 2025 — Jan 18, 2026

Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black September 12, 2025–January 18, 2026 Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums Discover how simple to...

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Harvard Art Museums

Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black

32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Sep 12, 2025 — Jan 18, 2026

Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black September 12, 2025–January 18, 2026 Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums Discover how simple to...

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