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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884

Georges Seurat, 1884–86, border added 1888–89

3.08 m × 2.08 m

A storey and a half of a house. Stood on end it is 1.8 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 2.08 m
Width: 3.08 m
Medium: Oil on canvas
Kind: Painting
Made in: France
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: 207.5 × 308.1 cm (81 3/4 × 121 1/4 in.)
Credit: Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 3.08 m × 2.08 m. A storey and a half of a house. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1884–86, border added 1888–89. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection.
How was it made?: Oil on canvas, made in France, Pointillism. You can step inside it and walk among its marks.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.