Art, literature & history
Embroidery; The Artist's Mother
1882–83
- Dating
- Date range
- Medium
- Conté crayon on Michallet paper
- Dimensions
- 12 5/16 x 9 7/16 in. (31.2 x 24.1 cm)
- Collection no.
- 55.21.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- CC0 1.0License details
Georges Seurat. Embroidery; The Artist's Mother. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
About this artwork
Embroidery; The Artist's Mother — Georges Seurat. 1882–83.
Medium: Conté crayon on Michallet paper. Dimensions: 12 5/16 x 9 7/16 in. (31.2 x 24.1 cm).
Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
Credit line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1951; acquired from The Museum of Modern Art, Lillie P. Bliss Collection.
This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.