Caricature of a Man Standing by Desk (recto); Sketch of Male Head in Profile (verso)
Claude Monet · 1855/56 · Graphite on cream wove paper
Public domain
Marked public domain (CC0) by the Art Institute of Chicago.
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About this picture
Caricature of a Man Standing by Desk (recto); Sketch of Male Head in Profile (verso) is a public-domain drawing by Claude Monet, dated 1855/56. Graphite on cream wove paper. The file comes from Art Institute of Chicago.
“Caricature of a Man Standing by Desk (recto); Sketch of Male Head in Profile (verso)” (1855/56) belongs to Monet’s habit of staying with one motif — a bridge, a field, a station, the Thames, the lily pond — and painting it again as the light changed.
About the artist
Claude Monet (1840–1926) was a founder of Impressionism. He painted the same motif again and again — haystacks, the Rouen cathedral, the Thames, then the water lilies at Giverny — to catch how light changes.
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