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Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières"

Georges Seurat, 1883

Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières" by Georges Seurat
Final Study for "Bathers at Asnières" by Georges Seurat, 25 cm × 16 cm
1.70 m
Both at true scale.

25 cm × 16 cm

About the size of a sheet of A4. You would need 7 of them to reach a person's height.

Against things you know the size of

This work 16 cm Phone 15 cm A4 sheet 30 cm Person 1.7 m Doorway 2.03 m
Height
16 cm
Width
25 cm
Medium
Oil on panel
Kind
Painting
Made in
France
Where the measurement comes from
Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it
15.8 × 25.1 cm (6 1/4 × 9 7/8 in.)
Credit
Gift of the Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc.

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Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?
25 cm × 16 cm. About the size of a sheet of A4. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?
Made 1883. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?
Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of the Adele R. Levy Fund, Inc..
How was it made?
Oil on panel, made in France, Post-Impressionism.
Who speaks for it?
Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

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