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A work made of charcoal and graphite on cream (discolored) wove paper.

Maternal Caress

Mary Cassatt · 1921

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Palette

Pale stone
 80% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.6:1
Bone white
 7% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 16.1:1
Oyster
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.6:1
Putty
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 10.3:1
Linen
 1% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.5:1
Fawn
 1% of the image
Gold & ochre · 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
Mary Cassatt
American, 1844-1926
Date
1921
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Charcoal and graphite on cream (discolored) wove paper
Size
37.7 × 27.8 cm (14 7/8 × 11 in.)
Place
United States
Period
20th century
Themes
Mothers and children
Main colour
Gold & ochre · lightness 82, colourfulness 17

Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art 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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