Georges Seurat - Study for Les Poseuses [1886]

Georges Seurat - Study for Les Poseuses [1886], a photo by Gandalf's Gallery on Flickr.

In his drawings, Seurat frequently employed Conté crayon, a medium that allowed him to achieve rich velvety textures and softly blurred contours. This sheet, one of three by the artist in the Robert Lehman Collection, is a preparatory sketch for one of Seurat's most famous works, Les Poseuses (The Models), now in the Barnes Foundation, Marion, Pennsylvania.

[Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Conté crayon on laid paper, 29.7 x 22.5 cm]