Study of a Man with Hands in His Pockets

Gustave Caillebotte, 1893

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This black chalk drawing studies Eugène Lamy, a close friend of Caillebotte, for a painting of 1893 in which the two men talk on the bank of the Seine in winter. Quick diagonal marks show light and shadow falling on his jacket. Caillebotte and Lamy shared a love of sailing.

black chalk on Arches modern laid paper · Sheet: 47.6 x 31.5 cm · Cleveland Museum of Art · Impressionism

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Museum title: Study of a Man with Hands in His Pockets
Artist: Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894)
Date: 1893
Medium: black chalk on Arches modern laid paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 47.6 x 31.5 cm (18 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.)
Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
Image license: CC0 1.0 · Public domain
Museum record: Cleveland Museum of Art

Artist’s life 1848–1894

Impressionism c. 1860–1900

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Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.