Painted about 1887 THE CANOE
oil on panel, 6 1/4 x 1o 1/4". Unsigned, name has been added at bottom right Private collection, Paris
This is one of Seurat's most Impressionistic works. Its charm consists in the way the hour of the day and the season of the year have been captured It is a marvelous evocation of summer and the banks of the Seine near Paris.