Photo of collection object At the Concert Parisien
Seurat, Georges. At the Concert Parisien, 1887–88. conté crayon heightened with white chalk on cream handmade modern laid paper, Sheet: 31.4 x 23.6 cm (12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.). Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund, 1958.344. CC0.

At the Concert Parisien

1887–88

Georges Seurat

Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Drawings

At the Concert Parisien, 1887–88. Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891). Conté crayon heightened with white chalk on cream handmade modern laid paper; sheet: 31.4 x 23.6 cm (12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1958.344 Café-concerts were popular places of entertainment for the middle classes in Paris during the late 1800s and usually featured singers or other forms of vaudeville entertainers. Georges Seurat created eight drawings depicting café-concerts, some showing known establishments. This drawing has an innovative viewpoint, in which we peer through the bowler hats of male viewers listening to a female singer on stage. Seurat typically used a black crayon manufactured by the Conté company, and its waxy quality allowed him to exploit the texture of paper to striking effect. Despite Georges Seurat's brief lifespan, he created a large number of drawings, working almost exclusively with the waxy Conté crayon and textured paper used for this sheet.
Maker/Artist
Seurat, Georges
Classification
Drawing
Formatted Medium
conté crayon heightened with white chalk on cream handmade modern laid paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 31.4 x 23.6 cm (12 3/8 x 9 5/16 in.)
Inscribed
Inscription: inscribed on verso, at bottom, in blue crayon: G. Seurat / L (?) [upside down]; on verso, right center, in red crayon: 299 [posthumous inventory number]; watermark, upper left: MICHALLET
Departments
Drawings
Accession Number
1958.344
Credit Line
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Rights Statement
CC0

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