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The Artist's Father Reading

A work made of graphite, on ivory wove paper.

The Artist's Father Reading

Mary Cassatt · c. 1883

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Palette

Linen
70% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 12.7:1

Pale stone
14% of the image
Grey · text contrast 11.3:1

Bone white
7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.6:1

Putty
4% of the image
Grey · text contrast 9.6:1

Mushroom
3% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.3:1

Stone
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 7.0:1

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: Mary Cassatt
American, 1844-1926
Date: c. 1883
Type: Drawing & watercolour
Medium: Graphite, on ivory wove paper
Size: 22.4 × 14.2 cm (8 7/8 × 5 5/8 in.)
Place: United States
Period: 19th century
Themes: Reading and letters
Main colour: Gold & ochre · lightness 84, colourfulness 13

Art Institute of Chicago, Solomon A. Smith Charitable 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