Man in a boat

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Maker


1859-1891

Title

Man in a boat

Date of Production

c. 1884

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 17.6 cm (panel)
Width: 26.8 cm (panel)

Object Number

P.2004.XX.2

Mode of Acquisition

HM Government (Acceptance in Lieu), allocation, 2004

Credit

Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2004

Label Text

This quick depiction of a boatman belongs to a group of studies that Georges Seurat made along the banks of the Seine on the outskirts of Paris. In these sketches, he experimented freely with different types of brush marks, uses of colour and levels of finish. Particularly striking here are the thick white brushstrokes used to create highlights on the bank of the river and the surface of the water. They confer great luminosity to the composition.

Provenance

Miss Jeanne Courtauld; accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Samuel Courtauld Trust, 2004.

Exhibition History

The Courtauld Collection. A Vision for Impressionism, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, 20/02/2019-17/06/2019
The Courtauld Collects - 20 Years of Acquisitions, Somerset House & London & England, 17/06/2010-19/09/2010
Samuel Courtauld memorial exhibition, Tate Gallery, London, 1948

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