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futuremamarose87
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posted: 3/28/2005 at 10:06:37 PM ET

Where are George Seurat, particularly the one which inspired "Sunday in the Park..." hanging? I would love to go see them. He is so inspiring. This painting (the subject title) is one of my favorite paintings.

"It was like being high when you reach those high notes."
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Mandy
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posted: 3/28/2005 at 10:12:49 PM ET

Art Institute of Chicago

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Jean
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posted: 3/29/2005 at 5:48:49 AM ET

And a few at the National Gallery of Art in Washington:

http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/psearch?Request=A&Person=28150

There are several at the National Gallery in London, here's one:

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/cgi-bin/WebObjects.dll/CollectionPublisher.woa/wa/work?workNumber=NG6556

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York:

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/poim/hod_61.101.17.htm

Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam:
http://www.vangoghmuseum.nl/collection/catalog/vgmpainting.asp?ARTID=94&SEL=0

and there's one in the Barnes Collection, outside of Philadelphia.

At the Guggenheim in New York:

http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_works_145_0.html

But of course, where else but Paris--Musee d'Orsay:

http://www.musee-orsay.fr/ORSAY/orsaygb/HTML.NSF/VLien/Evenement?openDocument

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posted: 3/29/2005 at 11:48:55 AM ET

I just got back from London where I saw the origial "Bathers" painting. It was AMAZING and huge. LOL You walked in the room and it just totally dominated the whole space. It shimmered just like the musical says his work did.

I even walked up close to it to see all the little brush strokes with no mixed colors. His various sketches and studies (like the one Jean linked) were on the wall beside it. Very interesting to see it in person. I'll have to make it to Chicago to see the la grande jatte painting that inspired Sondheim's musical.

futuremamarose87
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posted: 3/29/2005 at 11:09:58 PM ET

oh thank you so much! they're lovely!

i totally want to see his work in person.

"It was like being high when you reach those high notes."
~Bernadette Peters

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