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A work made of graphite on ivory wove paper.

L'Estaque

Paul Cézanne · 1870/1872

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Palette

Bone white
 66% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 14.5:1
Pearl grey
 12% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.9:1
Linen
 9% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.5:1
Ivory
 5% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.8:1
Silver
 4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 10.0:1
Ash
 3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.6:1

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
Paul Cézanne
French, 1839-1906
Date
1870/1872
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Graphite on ivory wove paper
Size
24.3 × 31.6 cm (9 5/8 × 12 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Landscapes
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 87, colourfulness 7

Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Justin K. Thannhauser. 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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