Georges Seurat 'La Grand Jatte' Recreated On Etch-A-Sketch
By John Dodge
CHICAGO (CBS) -- For eight hours, spread over four days, Jane Labowitch, sat before one of the Art Institute's most iconic paintings, armed, not with pad and pencil, but with an Etch-A-Sketch.
The result was a recreation of Georges Seurat "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte."
Seurat was only 26 when the painting was shown for the first time in 1886. He started the painting in 1884. The work has been with the Art Institute since 1924
Here is the work, about halfway through the creative process:
Labowitch posted her work on Reddit, to much critical acclaim.
Prints of her work are for sale on Etsy, including the Seurat, the Mona Lisa, and, of course, the Chicago flag. Some of them can be purchased as ornaments--and even the actual Etch-A-Sketch.
The artist at work, among museum patrons:
Like many, Labowitch, a professional illustrator, first picked up an Etch A Sketch as a child.
"I inadvertently taught myself to draw on the toy without realizing that most people found it difficult," she said.
Now she draws on the toy in her spare time.
She says she may take on another Art Institute treasure for her next project: Marc Chagall's "America Windows."