Study for 'Le Chahut'
Maker
(Artists)
1859-1891
1859-1891
Title
Study for 'Le Chahut'
Date of Production
c. 1889
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
Height: 21.8 cm (panel)
Width: 15.8 cm (panel)
Width: 15.8 cm (panel)
Accession Number
P.1948.SC.395
Mode of Acquisition
Samuel Courtauld, bequest, 1948
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
On display
Keywords
Label Text
A troupe of dancers perform the chahut, a high-kicking dance popular in Parisian nightclubs in the late 19th century. Georges Seurat was drawn to scenes of popular entertainment because their staging and artificiality offered fertile ground for exploring the theories of colour and movement central to his work. The red, blue and green palette, as well as the numerous lines and angles flaring upward, functioned, in his eyes, as abstract symbols of gaiety.
The missing painted border on the right indicates that the panel may have been cut down.
The missing painted border on the right indicates that the panel may have been cut down.
Provenance
Samuel Courtauld Bequest 1948
Exhibition History
The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
Seurat. The Master of Pointilism, Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands, 23/05/2014-07/09/2014
Seurat and Signac, Palazzo Reale & Milan & Italy, 09/10/2008-21/01/2009 ...More
Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 26/10/2002-13/12/2002
Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan, 09/09/2002-20/10/2002
Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Utsonomiya, Japan, 21/07/2002-01/09/2002
Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan, 22/05/2002-14/07/2002
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Seurat. The Master of Pointilism, Kroller-Muller Museum, Otterlo, The Netherlands, 23/05/2014-07/09/2014
Seurat and Signac, Palazzo Reale & Milan & Italy, 09/10/2008-21/01/2009 ...More
Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, Seiji Togo Memorial Yasuda Kasai Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, 26/10/2002-13/12/2002
Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan, 09/09/2002-20/10/2002
Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Utsonomiya, Japan, 21/07/2002-01/09/2002
Georges Seurat and the Neo-Impressionism 1885 - 1905, Museum of Art, Kochi, Japan, 22/05/2002-14/07/2002
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 14/06/1998-21/09/1998
The Courtauld Collection, Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, 26/12/1997-12/05/1998 ...Less
Literature
The Courtauld Collection: Masterpieces of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1998
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