Artwork Details
Artist
Creation Date
Materials
Object Types
Dimensions
23-5/8 x 27-9/16 in. (canvas) 27-15/16 x 32-11/16 x 1-7/8 in. (framed)
Mark Description
Signed with stencilled monogram in red paint, lower left and lower right on frame: [capital C interlocked with capital L enclosed in circle] Stamped in red ink on central stretcher bar: Barique De Couleur Toiles, Panneaux & Vernis Fx.Momm (EN) | 81, rue de la Chari(te) | Bruxelles, [enclosed in an oval] Inscribed in black ink top stretcher bar: août-sept. 1894 Stamped in black ink on left bar and on verso of canvas: Douane [illegible] /Exportation | Paris [encircled]
Accession Number
Credit Line
The Holliday Collection
Copyright
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color Palette
Provenance
Edmond Serruys [1843-1917], Menen, Belgium; by descent to his daughter, Jenny Serruys Bradley [1886-1983], Paris, France.{1} René de Gas and (Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, France), sometime after the gallery's opening in 1962. (Kaplan Gallery, London, England) by 1966.{2} (Hammer Galleries, New York, New York) by 1967;{3} acquired by W.J. Holliday [1895-1977], Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1969;{4} by bequest to the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1979 (79.317.) {1} For information on the Serruys family, see Roger Cardon, Georges Lemmen (1865-1916), Antwerp, 1990, pp. 142-43. {2 } See A Selection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Paintings, Watercolours, Pastels and Drawings from the collection of the Kaplan Gallery, London, 1966, catalogue no. 1 (cover illustration) {3} See the advertisement for the Hammer Galleries in Art Journal, Fall 1967, p. 89 (illustration) {4 } As cited in Ellen Wardwell Lee, The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W. J. Holliday Collection, Indianapolis, 1983, pp. 44-47 (illustration)
Gallery Labels
- Eight-year-old Jenny and twelve-year-old Berthe Serruys are dressed identically, but their attention is focused in different directions. Lemmen has rendered his young subjects as distinct individuals with a compelling presence.
- The bold color scheme also contributes to the image’s power. Relying heavily on the Neo-Impressionist practice of using complementary colors, or opposites on the color wheel, Lemmen applied dots of green and orange pigments to create a vibrant contrast with the red dresses and blue background.
- The painted wooden frame is a rare surviving example of an original Neo-Impressionist frame.
Exhibition History
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Indianapolis Museum of Art
June 15, 2014 - September 7, 2014
Seurat and Signac(Seurat e Signac, e I neoimpressionisti)
Palazzo Reale
October 9, 2008 - January 21, 2009
Le neo-impressionnisme de Seurat a Paul Klee
Réunion des Musées Nationaux
March 14, 2005 - June 26, 2005
Georges Lemmem
Curator Nicole d'Huart
April 24, 1997 - July 7, 1997
Impressionism to Symbolism: The Belgian Avant-Garde 1880-1890
The Royal Academy of Arts London
July 7, 1994 - October 2, 1994
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago
January 14, 1988 - March 6, 1988
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
Dixon Gallery and Gardens
September 15, 1987 - November 8, 1987
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
Chrysler Museum of Art
June 26, 1987 - August 23, 1987
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
High Museum of Art
March 24, 1987 - May 17, 1987
The Aura of Neo-Impressionism: The W.J. Holliday Collection
New Orleans Museum of Art
November 15, 1986 - February 8, 1987
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