tbear 6d ago

Based on a post by Erisava

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat, 1884

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte

Art Institute of Chicago · wikidata.org

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Took him something like two years, from what I can find — a pile of small studies done out at the park, then the big one built up indoors. The speckled border round the edge is his as well; he added it later so the thing wouldn't have to sit inside somebody else's gold frame.

tbear: Did they really have pet monkeys back then? Would you take a pet monkey for a walk in the park?

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