Two Horsemen (Fragment, Parthenon Frieze)
Two Horsemen (Fragment, Parthenon Frieze)

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Two Horsemen (Fragment, Parthenon Frieze),

1875

Georges Seurat, 1859–1891; born and died Paris, France
2024-88

Information

Title
Two Horsemen (Fragment, Parthenon Frieze)
Dates

1875

Maker
Georges Seurat
Medium
Graphite and charcoal on laid paper
Dimensions
45.4 × 61.4 cm (17 7/8 × 24 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund
Object Number
2024-88
Subject
Lithograph, Plaster, friezes

The artist; by descent in the Seurat family. Collection of artist's sister's husband's nephew's wife, Madame Léopold Appert, (Paris 1881-1969 Paris). Private Collection. The Colony, Ltd., New Orleans, Louisiana ( established by Robert B. Smythe, in operation 1969-1986; label on former cardboard backing). Hammer Galleries, New York, New York (stamp on former cardboard backing). Christie's, New York, sale of October 22, 1980, lot 311; Acquired directly by Sidney Rothberg (1924-2008), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; his estate sale, Freeman's/Hindman, Philadelphia, PA, February 27, 2024 (lot 12); purchased at this sale by the Princeton University Art Museum.

Parthénon (Fragment de la Frise)

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