DrawingsFrench19th century

Café-Concert (A la Gaîté Rochechouart)

1887-1888

Artists

Georges Pierre SeuratArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Conté crayon and white opaque watercolor on beige laid paper

Culture

French

Century

19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

30.7 x 23.4 cm (12 1/16 x 9 3/16 in.) framed: 57 x 47.5 cm (22 7/16 x 18 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Émile Verhaeren, Brussels, by 1892 (d. 1916); M. and Mme Émile Laffon, Paris; their sale, Savoy Hotel, Zürich, April 8, 1938, no. 74 (bought in; CHF 141,000); acquired from Mme Laffon through Martin Birnbaum by Grenville L. Winthrop, April 1939 (Fr 150,000); his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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