InspiredBy
✨ Surprise ♡ 0
  1. Home
  2. Artists
  3. Paul Gauguin
  4. Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé
A work made of etching, drypoint and engraving in brown-black on cream japanese laid paper.

Portrait of Stéphane Mallarmé

Paul Gauguin · 1891, printed 1919

View at the AIC ↗

Palette

Pale stone
 58% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.1:1
Chalk
 12% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 18.2:1
Sepia
 10% of the image
Brown · text contrast 10.0:1
Putty
 10% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.7:1
Fawn
 6% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 5.8:1
Raw umber
 4% of the image
Brown · text contrast 6.0:1

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
Paul Gauguin
French, 1848-1903
Date
1891, printed 1919
Type
Print
Medium
Etching, drypoint and engraving in brown-black on cream Japanese laid paper
Size
Plate: 18.3 × 14.5 cm (7 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.); Sheet: 33 × 24 cm (13 × 9 1/2 in.)
Place
France
Period
19th century
Themes
Portraits
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 75, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Albert H. Wolf Memorial 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

Works that share this palette

Search by colour

The closest palettes among 5004 works, by average colour distance between the two palettes.

Two Tahitian Women and a Marquesan Earplug, Paul Gauguin Two Tahitian Women and a Marquesan Earplug Paul Gauguin, 1891/93 Angel, Peacock, and Three Tahitians, Paul Gauguin Angel, Peacock, and Three Tahitians Paul Gauguin, c. 1902 Four Recruits in White Dhotis, page from the Fraser Album, Unknown artist Four Recruits in White Dhotis, page from the Fraser Album Unknown artist, Company School, c. 1815-1816 Heads of Tahitian Women, Frontal and Profile Views, Paul Gauguin Heads of Tahitian Women, Frontal and Profile Views Paul Gauguin, 1891/93 Cottage among Trees, Rembrandt Cottage among Trees Rembrandt, ca. 1650 Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite, Paul Gauguin Noa Noa (Fragrant), from the Noa Noa Suite Paul Gauguin, 1893/94

More by Paul Gauguin

Artist page and colour fingerprint
Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher, Paul Gauguin Still Life: Wood Tankard and Metal Pitcher Paul Gauguin, 1880 Jean René Gauguin, Paul Gauguin Jean René Gauguin Paul Gauguin, 1881 Bust of a Young Breton Woman (Possibly Marie Lagadu), Paul Gauguin Bust of a Young Breton Woman (Possibly Marie Lagadu) Paul Gauguin, 1886/88 Still Life with Peonies, Paul Gauguin Still Life with Peonies Paul Gauguin, 1884 Seated Breton Woman, Paul Gauguin Seated Breton Woman Paul Gauguin, 1886 Breton Bather, Paul Gauguin Breton Bather Paul Gauguin, 1886/87

More like this by theme

All portraits
Portrait of the Artist's Sister, Georges Lemmen Portrait of the Artist's Sister Georges Lemmen, 1891 Self-Portrait, Jan Verkade Self-Portrait Jan Verkade, 1891-1894 Portrait of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson, Jules-Élie Delaunay Portrait of Mrs. Charles L. Hutchinson Jules-Élie Delaunay, 1890 Portrait of Julie Manet, Berthe Morisot Portrait of Julie Manet Berthe Morisot, 1890 Young Girl with Hat, Berthe Morisot Young Girl with Hat Berthe Morisot, 1892 A Mexican Vaquero, Frederic Remington A Mexican Vaquero Frederic Remington, 1890