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Claude Monet - Man with a Big Cigar, c. 1855-56
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. At the Art Institute of Chicago.
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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. At the Art Institute of Chicago.
Source: Wikimedia
My Comment: Claude Monet was a great painter but he has made a basic error here. Can you spot what it is? Yes, he's made the man's head far too big compared to his body. Unless he really knew someone who looked like that.
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