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A work made of charcoal (recto and verso) with stumping on ivory laid paper.

Seated Male Nude with Extended Leg (recto); Sketch of Kneeling Male Nude and Divided Circle (verso)

John Singer Sargent · 1917/21

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Palette

Linen
 69% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.6:1
Chalk
 13% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.7:1
Oyster
 11% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.7:1
Pale stone
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.9:1
Putty
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.1:1
Silver
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.8:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
John Singer Sargent
American, 1856-1925
Date
1917/21
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Charcoal (recto and verso) with stumping on ivory laid paper
Size
47.3 × 62.3 cm (18 5/8 × 24 9/16 in.)
Place
United States
Period
20th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 90, colourfulness 9

Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art Collection. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's is_public_domain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

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