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A work made of black, white, and colored chalks on blue wove paper.

Caricature of a Man with a Big Cigar

Claude Monet · 1855/56

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Palette

Sand
 73% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.0:1
Fawn
 15% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.0:1
Sepia
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 7.5:1
Tan
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.4:1
Cinnamon
 2% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1
Bistre
 2% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.0:1

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
Claude Monet
French, 1840-1926
Date
1855/56
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Black, white, and colored chalks on blue wove paper
Size
Primary/secondary/tertiary supports: 59.8 × 38.5 cm (23 9/16 × 15 3/16 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 67, colourfulness 24

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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