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A work made of charcoal, with graphite and touches of stumping and erasure (recto), and graphite (verso) on ivory wove paper.

Woman Seated in a Chair (recto); Woman in a Chair, Seen from the Back (verso)

Pierre-Auguste Renoir · c. 1883

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Palette

Linen
 65% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.7:1
Pale stone
 15% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.5:1
Oyster
 14% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 12.6:1
Silver
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.3:1
Ivory
 2% of the image
Green · text contrast 12.8:1
Putty
 2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.0:1

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
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
French, 1841-1919
Date
c. 1883
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Charcoal, with graphite and touches of stumping and erasure (recto), and graphite (verso) on ivory wove paper
Size
36.2 × 31 cm (14 5/16 × 12 1/4 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 86, colourfulness 10

Art Institute of Chicago, Samuel P. Avery Fund. 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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