Roses in a Vase
Georges Seurat · 1881/83 · Black Conté crayon on ivory laid paper, discolored to tan, edge mounted on tan wove paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Roses in a Vase is a public-domain drawing by Georges Seurat, dated 1881/83. Black Conté crayon on ivory laid paper, discolored to tan, edge mounted on tan wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Roses in a Vase” (1881/83) uses Seurat’s divided color. A small sheet is usually a study. It is not automatically the Grande Jatte itself.
About the artist
Georges Seurat (1859–1891) built pictures from small dots of contrasting color. A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte is the large canvas. Many other works are studies for it or for the same method.
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