ID: 700007707 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007707	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Madame Seurat, the Artist's Mother (Madame Seurat, mère) (drawing (visual work); Georges Seurat (French painter and draftsman, 1859-1891) ; about 1882-1883; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2002.51)

Note: Seurat made this study of his mother when he was 23 and she was in her early 50s.

Titles:

Madame Seurat, the Artist's Mother (Madame Seurat, mère) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

The Artist's Mother (Mme Seurat, mère) (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

drawing (visual work) [300033973] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

drawings (preferred)

Creation Date: about 1882-1883

Creator Display:

Georges Seurat (French painter and draftsman, 1859-1891) [preferred,JPGM]

draftsman Seurat, Georges (French painter and draftsman, 1859-1891) [500008873]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 2002.51

Display Materials: Conté crayon on Michallet paper

	Conté crayon (TM) [300011729]
	.......(Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), equipment, <equipment by process>, image-making equipment, <equipment for drafting| drawing| and writing>, <drafting| drawing and writing equipment by specific type>, crayons (drawing material), fabricated chalk)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.3 cm (12 x 9 3/16 in.)

Events:

exhibition: 2007-2008 New York [7007567] (New York state (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet))

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	Seurat, Ernestine (French, mother of Georges Seurat, active 19th century) [500355252]
	.....(Persons, Artists) (ULAN)

Inscriptions: on verso in red chalk: '257 Seurat S'

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Madame Seurat, the Artist's Mother (Madame Seurat, mère)	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
The Artist's Mother (Mme Seurat, mère)	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)