"They see poetry in what I have done. No. I apply my methods, and that is all there is to it."

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Source : Christoph Becker, Julia Burckhardt, Georges Seurat, Kunsthaus Zürich, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (2009). “Georges Seurat: figure in space”, Hatje Cantz Pub

Georges Seurat

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