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Study of a Man with Hands in His Pockets
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About this work
Gustave Caillebotte is known for a realist style that broke from the heavy, visible brushstrokes of his contemporaries. This drawing is a study for the figure of Eugène Lamy, a close friend of the artist with whom he is seen in conversation in the 1893 painting Bank of the Seine at Petit Gennevilliers, Winter (private collection). Using sketchy, diagonal marks, Caillebotte recorded light and shadow on Lamy’s jacket, aligning with the Impressionists’ interest in capturing natural effects and fleeting moments from everyday life.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStudy of a Man with Hands in His Pockets, 1893. Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894). Black chalk on Arches modern laid paper; sheet: 47.6 x 31.5 cm (18 3/4 x 12 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2020.260
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