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A work made of charcoal with stumping on cream laid paper.

Seated Male Nude

John Singer Sargent · 1917/21

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Palette

Linen
 84% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 13.9:1
Pale stone
 5% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 11.4:1
Putty
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 9.9:1
Mushroom
 4% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 8.5:1
Stone
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 7.1:1
Taupe
 2% of the image
Gold & ochre · text contrast 4.6:1

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
John Singer Sargent
American, 1856-1925
Date
1917/21
Type
Drawing & watercolour
Medium
Charcoal with stumping on cream laid paper
Size
47.3 × 62.5 cm (18 5/8 × 24 5/8 in.)
Place
United States
Period
20th century
Main colour
White & cream · lightness 86, colourfulness 12

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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