Art, literature & historyStudy for Paris Street; Rainy Day
1877
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Medium
- Graphite, with touches of erasing and touches of charcoal, on tan, moderately thick, moderately textured handmade laid paper
- Dimensions
- 30.2 × 46.5 cm (11 15/16 × 18 5/16 in.)
- Collection no.
- 2011.420
- Attribution
- By the artist
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
About this artwork
Study for Paris Street; Rainy Day — Gustave Caillebotte. 1877.
Medium: Graphite, with touches of erasing and touches of charcoal, on tan, moderately thick, moderately textured handmade laid paper. Dimensions: 30.2 × 46.5 cm (11 15/16 × 18 5/16 in.).
Collection record: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.
This preparatory drawing seems to have been freely sketched on the spot before being laid out in the studio with a straightedge and compass to regularize the perspective lines.
Description: © Art Institute of Chicago, original record, CC BY 4.0. HTML formatting removed; wording retained. Other artwork metadata: CC0.
Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.
Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.