Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891), 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884', 1884–86, border added 1888–89
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- 2,644
- Bidders
- 5
- Bids
- 15
Bidding on Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891), 'A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884', 1884–86, border added 1888–89
Current bid
$77,500Your maximum is confidential. The house never bids it in one go — it raises you by a single increment at a time, only as far as it must to keep you in front.
Bid $90,000 on a lot standing at $77,500 and the lot moves to $80,000 — not to your ceiling. You pay your maximum only if someone pushes you there.
A bid inside the last 2 minutes extends the clock, so nobody wins a lot simply by arriving one second before the end.
A buyer’s premium of 10% applies to the hammer price. At $77,500 that is $7,750, for a total of $85,250 excluding shipping and any applicable tax.
Consigned by
Rafael Ortiz-Bennett
@ortizbennett
4.7 from 96 sales
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Catalogue note
Oil on canvas. 207.5 × 308.1 cm (81 3/4 × 121 1/4 in.). Georges Seurat, 1884–86, border added 1888–89.
The Art Institute of Chicago publishes an ownership history for this object, reproduced in full under Provenance below. It is given exactly as the institution records it — an unbroken chain is the one thing a catalogue note cannot manufacture, and the one thing a buyer most wants to read.
Dimensions are those given by the holding institution and are sight measurements unless stated. No ultraviolet or infrared examination has been carried out for this catalogue; prospective buyers are asked to satisfy themselves as to condition. Catalogue data for this lot is drawn from The Art Institute of Chicago's open-access collections record (CC0 1.0 (descriptions CC-BY 4.0)).
Provenance
By descent to Mme. Seurat, the artist’s mother (died 1899), Paris, 1891; by descent to Emile Seurat, the artist’s brother; sold for 800 francs to Casimir Brû, Paris, 1900; given by him to his daughter, Lucie, Paris, 1900; Lucie Brû Cousturier and Edmond Cousturier, Paris; sold for $20,000 possibly through Charles Vildrac, Paris to Frederic Clay and Helen Birch Bartlett, Chicago, 1924; given to the Art Institute, 1926.
Condition
Excellent
Minor handling wear consistent with age; no material faults.
Condition reports are the house’s opinion, offered in good faith. Lots are sold as viewed; the absence of a remark does not imply the absence of a fault.
Bidding history15 bids from 5 bidders
- $77,500
A••• S.Leading
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- $75,000
P••• R.
Automatic bid
- $72,500
P••• R.
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- $70,000
T••• A.
Automatic bid
- $65,000
T••• A.
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- $62,500
D••• F.
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- $60,000
A••• S.
Automatic bid
- $57,500
A••• S.
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- $55,000
G••• L.
Automatic bid
- $52,500
G••• L.
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- $50,000
P••• R.
Automatic bid
- $46,000
P••• R.
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- $45,000
T••• A.
Automatic bid
- $43,000
T••• A.
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- $42,000
D••• F.
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Bidders are shown by initial, as they would be by paddle in the room. Bids marked “automatic” were placed by the house on a bidder’s behalf, against a maximum only they can see.
Terms of sale
- Buyer's premium
- 10% of the hammer price, added to your invoice.
- Reserve
- This lot carries a confidential reserve. It will not sell below it.
- Anti-snipe
- A bid in the closing moments extends the clock so the room can answer.
- Settlement
- Funds are held on deposit while you lead, and released the moment you are outbid.
Catalogue record
This lot describes a real object held by The Art Institute of Chicago, whose collection data is published for open access. The object is not for sale; it stands in here so the saleroom can be demonstrated against genuine catalogue records rather than invented ones.
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