Caricature of Léon Manchon

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Prints and Drawings

1858

Claude Monet
French, 1840-1926

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Claude Monet
Title: Caricature of Léon Manchon
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1858
Medium: Black and white chalks on blue laid paper
Inscriptions: Signed lower right, in black chalk: "O. Monet"
Dimensions: 61.2 × 45.2 cm (24 1/8 × 17 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection
Reference Number: 1933.888
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Sold by Henri Cottereau, Paris, to Carter H. Harrison (1860–1953), Chicago, winter 1927–28 [according to Carter H. Harrison, “A brief statement of where and how I acquired the various items in the collection of drawings I have given to the Art Institute … ,” Oct. 18, 1934, curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

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