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The most expensive Seurat ever sold

The most expensive Seurat ever sold is Les Poseuses, Ensemble: $149.2 million at Christie's New York in 2022. Famous works such as A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Bathers at Asnières and The Circus are in public collections, so they are not for sale and have no price.

Lived
1859–1891
From
French
Movement
Neo-Impressionism
Worked in
Paris
Portrait of Georges Seurat
Seurat's record$149MLes Poseuses, Ensemble · 2022

Seurat's famous works and their prices

  • A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges SeuratA Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte1886 · Art Institute of ChicagoNot for sale
  • Bathers at Asnières by Georges SeuratBathers at Asnières1884 · National Gallery, LondonNot for sale
  • The Circus by Georges SeuratThe Circus1891 · Musée d'Orsay, ParisNot for sale

“Not for sale” means a public collection holds the work. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

Seurat next to other artists

Each artist's highest documented sale, from the same research.

  1. Leonardo$450MSalvator Mundi · 2017
  2. Klimt$236MPortrait of Elisabeth Lederer · 2025
  3. Rembrandt$199MThe Standard Bearer · 2022
  4. Seurat$149MLes Poseuses, Ensemble · 2022
  5. Cézanne$138MLa Montagne Sainte-Victoire · 2022
  6. Munch$120MThe Scream · 2012
  7. Van Gogh$117MVerger avec cyprès (Orchard with Cypresses) · 2022
  8. Monet$111MMeules (Haystacks) · 2019
  9. Gauguin$106MMaternité II · 2022

Bars are to scale within this list. Source for Seurat's record: theartnewspaper.com.

About Georges Seurat

French painter who founded Neo-Impressionism and the technique known as pointillism, building his pictures from small separate touches of pure colour that the eye mixes at a distance. He grounded the method in contemporary theories of optics and colour contrast and called his own approach chromoluminarism. "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", worked on from 1884 and shown at the eighth and final Impressionist exhibition in 1886, is the defining picture of the movement. He died suddenly in 1891 at the age of 31, leaving "The Circus" unfinished.

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Questions

What is the most expensive Seurat ever sold?

Les Poseuses, Ensemble, which sold for $149.2 million at Christie's New York in 2022. Prices are nominal US dollars as reported at the time.

How much is a Seurat painting worth?

It depends on the work. The highest documented sale is $149.2 million for Les Poseuses, Ensemble. Works in public collections are not for sale.

Where can I see Seurat's paintings?

Among the works here: the Art Institute of Chicago, the National Gallery, London and the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.

Who was Georges Seurat?

Georges Seurat (1859–1891). French painter who founded Neo-Impressionism and the technique known as pointillism, building his pictures from small separate touches of pure colour that the eye mixes at a distance. He grounded the method in contemporary theories of optics and colour contrast and called his own approach chromoluminarism. "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte", worked on from 1884 and shown at the eighth and final Impressionist exhibition in 1886, is the defining picture of the movement. He died suddenly in 1891 at the age of 31, leaving "The Circus" unfinished.

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