Georges Seurat - Port-en-Bessin, the Semaphore and Cliffs 1888

Port-en-Bessin, the Semaphore and Cliffs 1888
Port-en-Bessin, the Semaphore and Cliffs
1888 61x80cm oil/canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washingon, DC, USA

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