Georges-Pierre Seurat (French, 1859–1891.) The Channel at Gravelines, Evening. [Le chenal de Gravelines: un soir] (summer 1890) Oil on canvas, 25 3/4 x 32 1/4" (65.4 x 81.9 cm) The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden Collection work meeting criteria specified in Introduction. 785.63. a-b. Other works by this artist

Provenance:

Madeleine Knobloch (Seurat’s companion), Paris. Inherited in 1891
Mme. Veuve (widow) Monnom, Brussels. Acquired [from Knobloch] in 1892
Théo (1862-1926) and Marie (née Monnom) van Rijsselberghe, Brussels. By 1904 – until at least 1909
Galerie Druet, Paris. 1913 [1920]
[Félix Fénéon, Paris]
Galerie Alfred Flechtheim, Berlin/Düsseldorf
Rolf de Maré, Paris. By 1923 – 1942
Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York. Purchased from de Maré, 1942 – 1948
Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden. Purchased from Paul Rosenberg, October 1948 – 1963
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William A. M. Burden, 1963

Alternate titles:

Le chenal de Gravelines, un soir
Le chenal de Gravelines, un soir (Les Ancres)
The chenal de Gravelines, An Evening
Le port de Gravelines
Effet de soir, Gravelines
Tréport
Gravelines, Evening
Gravelines, Evening (Le chenal de Gravelines, un soir)
Le chenal, les Ancres
The Channel at Gravelines
Kanal von Grävelingen
The Harbour of Gravelines

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