About This Artwork

Claude Monet
French, 1840-1926

Man with a Big Cigar, c. 1855-1856

Black and red conte crayon, with touches of pastel, on blue-gray wove paper, laid down on cream wove paper, laid down on blue wove paper
597 x 384 mm
Not signed
Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection, 1933.890

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Ownership History

Sold by Henri Cottereau, Paris, to Carter H. Harrison (1860-1953), Chicago, winter 1927-1928 [as per Harrison collection notes]; given to the Art Institute, 1933.