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Companion Portrait
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WMET0231
This Met x Wendover Art Group design is a reproduction of an original work of art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)
Conté crayon on Michallet paper, 24 1/2 x 18 11/16 in., 1882–83
Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960 61.101.16
Seurat’s study of the artist Edmond-François Aman-Jean ranks as one of the great portrait drawings of the 19th century. Aman-Jean and Seurat were both students at the École Municipale du Dessin and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and they shared a studio in 1879. The drawing is not a preparatory study for a painting but a finished work. Shown in the Paris Salon of 1883, it was the first work to be exhibited by the 23-year-old artist. Seurat’s signature use of conté crayon on textured laid Michallet paper of high quality resulted in drawings with luminosity and tonal harmony, and the classic balanced pose of the artist in profile, focusing intently on his work, gives the image an enduring, timeless quality.
This Met x Wendover Art Group design is a reproduction of an original work of art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection.
Aman-Jean (Portrait of Edmond François Aman-Jean)
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)
Conté crayon on Michallet paper, 24 1/2 x 18 11/16 in., 1882–83
Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960 61.101.16
Seurat’s study of the artist Edmond-François Aman-Jean ranks as one of the great portrait drawings of the 19th century. Aman-Jean and Seurat were both students at the École Municipale du Dessin and the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and they shared a studio in 1879. The drawing is not a preparatory study for a painting but a finished work. Shown in the Paris Salon of 1883, it was the first work to be exhibited by the 23-year-old artist. Seurat’s signature use of conté crayon on textured laid Michallet paper of high quality resulted in drawings with luminosity and tonal harmony, and the classic balanced pose of the artist in profile, focusing intently on his work, gives the image an enduring, timeless quality.
