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11.8: Seurat, La Grande Jatte

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    Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Georges Seurat’s A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884.

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    The link to this video is provided at the bottom of this page.

    Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884, 1884–86, oil on canvas, 81-3/4 × 121-1/4 inches (207.5 × 308.1 cm), (The Art Institute of Chicago).

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    • Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte. Authored by: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/becoming-modern/avant-garde-france/post-impressionism/v/georges-seurat-a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884-1884-86. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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