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A work made of graphite on cream wove paper.

Caricature of a Man Standing by Desk (recto); Sketch of Male Head in Profile (verso)

Claude Monet · 1855/56

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Palette

Biscuit
 69% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.6:1
Fawn
 13% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.3:1
Lamp black
 10% of the image
Black · text contrast 20.9:1
Taupe
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.9:1
Charcoal
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.7:1
Sepia
 1% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.7:1

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
Claude Monet
French, 1840-1926
Date
1855/56
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Graphite on cream wove paper
Size
20.3 × 16.6 cm (8 × 6 9/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 64, colourfulness 20

Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison 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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