Georges Seurat
Two Men Walking in a Field
1876-1888
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Georges Seurat
Two Men Walking in a Field
1876-1888
Physical Qualities
Conté crayon, Sheet: 318 × 243 mm. (12 1/2 × 9 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.12.664
High horizon line; man with white pants and dark coat walking towards viewer; second figure leaning on cane in background to the right.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore, 1937(?); Countess Girard (?)
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'A Century of Baltimore Collecting: 1840-1940', June 6-Sept. 1, 1941, p. 113.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'From Ingres to Gauguin', Nov.-Dec. 1951, p. 43, no. 163, ill. p. 43.
New York, Wildenstein, 'Cone Collection from the Baltimore Museum of Art', March 29-May 11, 1974.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November, 1982.
Erich Franz and Bernd Growe, Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, Germany, 'Georges Seurat: Zeichnungen', Oct. 10-Dec. 25, 1983, p. 60, 185, no. 38; circulated to Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Jan. 15-March 11, 1984; Kunsthaus, Zürich, March 23-May 13, 1984.
Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Master Drawings by French Artists in the Museum's Collection', May 14-July 23, 1989.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 'Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum', October 1991-92.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
John Leighton and Richard Thomson, London, National Gallery of Art, 'Seurat and the Bathers', July 2-Sept. 28, 1997, p. 156, no. 30, ill. p. 16.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, 'From Ingres to Gauguin', Nov.-Dec. 1951, p. 43, no. 163, ill. p. 43.
New York, Wildenstein, 'Cone Collection from the Baltimore Museum of Art', March 29-May 11, 1974.
Victor Carlson and Carol Hynning Smith, BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries"; circulated by the American Federation of Arts to the Guggenheim Museum, NY, 24 August - 7 October 1979; Des Moines Art Center, 19 November 1979 - 6 January 1980; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 8 February - 16 March, 1980; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1 May - 22 June 1980 ; Denver Art Museum, 12 July - 24 August, 1980.
BMA, "Master Drawings and Watercolors of the 19th and 20th Centuries from the Museum Collection," 14 October - 28 November, 1982.
Erich Franz and Bernd Growe, Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, Germany, 'Georges Seurat: Zeichnungen', Oct. 10-Dec. 25, 1983, p. 60, 185, no. 38; circulated to Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Jan. 15-March 11, 1984; Kunsthaus, Zürich, March 23-May 13, 1984.
Baltimore Museum of Art, 'Master Drawings by French Artists in the Museum's Collection', May 14-July 23, 1989.
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 'Masterpieces from the Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum', October 1991-92.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "Matisse, Picasso and Friends: Masterworks on Paper from The
Cone Collection," 7 June - 27 August, 1995.
John Leighton and Richard Thomson, London, National Gallery of Art, 'Seurat and the Bathers', July 2-Sept. 28, 1997, p. 156, no. 30, ill. p. 16.
Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston and Cheryl K. Snay, 'The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas,' organized by The Walters Art Museum and The Baltimore Museum of Art, circulated to The Walters Art Museum June 19, 2005 - September 11, 2005, The Birmingham Museum of Art February 9, 2006 - May 4, 2006, Tacoma Art Museum June 9, 2006 - September 7, 2006.
Jodi Hauptman, George Seurat: The Drawings, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 2007, p. 22, ill. fig. 2
Fisher, Jay McKean, et al. The Essence of Line: French drawings from Ingres to Degas. University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2005, p.340-41, ill.
The International Review published by The Drawing Society, Vol. XVII, No.1, May - June 1995, p.5, ill.
Ted Rose, Discovering Drawing, Worcester, Mass.: Davis Publications, 1995, p. 205.
Nicholas Wadley, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Drawing, London: Laurence King, 1991, p. 284-85, ill. no. 101.
Alain Madeleine-Pedrillat, Seurat, Geneva: Albert Skira, 1990, p. 41.
Brenda Richardson, The Cone Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1985, p. 190, 202, ill. p. 191.
Sarane Alexandrian, Seurat, New York: Crown Publishers, 1980, p. 14, 15, 27. Baltimore Museum of Art, Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings in the Cone Collection, 1967, no. 329, p. 75, ill. p. 60.
John Russell, Seurat, New York: Praeger, 1965, p. 102, no. 97.
'The Contents', The Baltimore Museum of Art News: The Cone Wing (1957), p. 8.
Baltimore Museum of Art, Cone Collection, 1955, ill. p. 56.
A Picture Book: 200 Objects in The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 1955, ill. p. 56.
Baltimore Museum of Art Art. Cone Collection: A Handbook with a Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture. Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 1955, page 50.
Inscribed: upper center verso in graphite: "de Seurat / F"
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