Le Jardinier
c. 1882
on displayGeorges Seurat1859 Paris – 1891 Paris
We have 3 artworks by Georges Seurat online.
We have 1705 paintings online.
We have 1705 paintings online.
The picture belongs to a group of small, crystalline-like studies that form the first results of Seurat's systematic work with pure spectral colours, and their mediation with the no less analytically examined chiaroscuro.
In: Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft (ed.), edited by Christian Klemm, Franziska Lentzsch, Gian Casper Bott et al., Ostfildern, Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2007.
Also known as
Der Gärtner
The Gardener
Medium
Oil on panel
Dimensions
image: 15.7 x 24.7 cm
Inventory number
1995/0005
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Donated by Walter Haefner, 1974
Signature
inscr. b. r. with stamp: Seurat; verso u. r:. SS; c.: G. Seurat [large signature with crayon]; b. l.: [S.?]
Inscriptions
-
Accession year
1974
Provenance
- Georges Seurat (*1859 Paris, +1891 Paris) (Künstler/-in)
- Verbleib unbekannt
- Galerie Wildenstein (Galerie), New York, Paris?Kunsthaus Zürich 1995 (Sammlungskatalog), Vorwort; Rewald 1973, S. 507: "Private collection, Paris". Bisher konnte die "Private collection, Paris" noch nicht identifiziert werden. Möglicherweise handelt es sich dabei um die Filiale der Galerie Wildenstein in Paris, diese Annahme konnte jedoch noch nicht belegt werden.
- ab 1965 – 1995, Walter Haefner (*1910, +2012 Zürich) (Sammler/-in), KaufWie oben Fussnote 3.
- 1974 – 1995, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, LeihgabeKarteikarte Leihgabe Walter Haefner; Kunsthaus Zürich 2007 (Sammlungskatalog), S. 244.
- ab 1995, Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft | Kunsthaus Zürich (Museum), Zürich, Geschenk, anlässlich des 50-jährigen Jubiläums der AMAG Zürich, 1955Inventarbuch Slg.; Werkdossier; Kunsthaus Zürich 2007 (Sammlungskatalog), wie oben Fussnote 5.
Provenance category
indications of being looted art
Provenance category (FOC)
C – The provenance from 1933 to 1945 has not been conclusively clarified; gaps in the ownership history remain. According to current research, there is no evidence of Nazi-looted art. There are, however, implications of Nazi-looted art and / or conspicuous circumstances.
Literature (provenance)
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 244.
- Schenkung Walter Haefner. Donation Walter Haefner. Donation Walter Haefner, hrsg. von Christian Klemm, Sammlungskatalog, Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1995, Vorwort.
- John Rewald: The History of Impressionism, London: Secker and Warburg, 1973, S. 507.
About the provenance
Research into the provenance of an artwork is resource-intensive and, even then, not always successful. To date, no new information has come to light concerning the provenance of Georges Seurat’s painting Le Jardinier. It was acquired by the Swiss art collector and patron Walter Haefner from the Wildenstein gallery in New York during the 1960s, and subsequently donated to the Kunsthaus Zürich. Its whereabouts prior to that period, along with the identities of its historical owners, remain obscure. The painting is not listed in the relevant catalogues raisonnés of the artist’s work. It was not published until the 1970s. In this case, therefore, numerous questions remain unanswered and are the subject of ongoing research. Consequently, the possibility that it constitutes cultural property confiscated as a result of Nazi persecution cannot currently be ruled out.
State of research 30.06.2023
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Literature (general)
- Die Meisterwerke, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft/Christian Klemm, Sammlungskatalog Kunsthaus Zürich, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 148 (ill.).
- Kunsthaus Zürich. Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen, hrsg. von Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft et al., Sammlungskatalog, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2007, S. 244.
- Georges Seurat, Figur im Raum. Eine Einführung in die Ausstellung ab 12 Jahren, Ausst.-Kat. Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, 2010, S. 14.
- Schenkung Walter Haefner. Donation Walter Haefner. Donation Walter Haefner, hrsg. von Christian Klemm, Sammlungskatalog, Zürich: Kunsthaus Zürich, 1995, [o. S.] (ill.).
- John Rewald: The History of Impressionism, London: Secker and Warburg, 1973, S. 507 (ill.).
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