ART TRACKERSConnecting fine art to people
Platform OverviewPlatform SecurityPricingTechnology OverviewTags & PlaquesWhat is UAINLegal & Compliance
GovernmentTribal NationsArtistsUniversity & CollegesServices
InstitutionsExploreMuseum Collections
Artists
Why Art TrackersAboutContactBlogDocumentationCareers
Request demo
Platform OverviewPlatform SecurityPricingTechnology OverviewTags & PlaquesWhat is UAINLegal & Compliance
GovernmentTribal NationsArtistsUniversity & CollegesServices
InstitutionsExploreMuseum Collections
Artists
Why Art TrackersAboutContactBlogDocumentationCareers
Request demo
Art Trackers logo
ART TRACKERS
Connecting fine art to people

Connecting fine art to people. Preserving cultural legacy through technology.

Platform

FeaturesHow It WorksSecurityIntegrations

Government

For Cities & CountiesComplianceResourcesCase Studies

Resources

DocumentationHelp CenterBlog

Company

About UsCareersNewsContact Us

© 2026 Art Trackers LLC. All rights reserved.

Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceAccessibility
    Museum collections / Art Institute of Chicago
    Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”)
    Claude Monet. Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”), c. 1858. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

    Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

    AT-00002280

    Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”)

    by Claude Monet

    View at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Inscriptions

    Signed lower right: "O. Monet"

    Provenance

    Alfred Dussueil (1878–1927), Paris [Wildenstein 1991 and Durand-Ruel Archives]. Sold by Henri Cottereau, Paris, to Carter H. Harrison (1860–1953), Chicago, winter 1927–28 [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]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

    Exhibition history

    New York, Wildenstein and Company, "A Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Claude Monet for the Benefit of the Children of Giverny," Apr. 11–May 12, 1945, p. 58, cat. 81. Art Institute of Chicago, "The Carter H. Harrison Memorial Exhibition," Nov. 19, 1954–Feb. 1, 1955, checklist no. 27. Art Institute of Chicago, "Claude Monet: 1840–1926," July 22–Nov. 26, 1995, p. 23, cat. 1c (ill.). Williamstown, Mass., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, "The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings," June 24–Sept. 16, 2007, pp. 49–51, fig. 52; 53; 300; London, Royal Academy, Mar. 17–June 10, 2007. Art Institute of Chicago, "Monet and Chicago," Sept. 5, 2020-June 14, 2021.

    Publications

    Hugh Edwards, “The Caricatures of Claude Monet,” Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, 37, 1 (Jan. 1943), pp. 71–72 (ill.). Charles Merrill Mount, Monet, a Biography (Simon & Schuster, 1966), pp. 33; following p. 190 (ill.); 396. Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet (Fratelli Fabbri, 1971), pp. 84, 93, no. 52 (ill.). Rodolphe Walter, “Claude Monet as a Caricaturist: A Clandestine Apprenticeship,” trans. Eric Young, Apollo 103 (June 1976), p. 489. Harold Joachim and Sandra Haller Olsen, French Drawings and Sketchbooks of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 2 (University of Chicago Press, 1979), p. 72, no. 4B8. Ralph E. Shikes and Steven Heller, The Art of Satire: Painters as Caricaturists and Cartoonists from Delacroix to Picasso (Pratt Graphics Center/Horizon, May 1, 1984), p. 30 (ill.). Daniel Wildenstein, Claude Monet: Catalogue raisonné, vol. 5, Supplément aux peintures: Dessins; Pastels; Index (Wildenstein Institute, 1991), p. 151, cat. D515 (ill.). Andrew Forge, Monet, Artists in Focus (Art Institute of Chicago, 1995), pp. 8; 9, fig. 1. Margaret A. Sullivan, “Caricature/Cartoon,” in Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography, vol. 1, ed. Helene E. Roberts (Dearborn, 1998), p. 162. Alison Syme, A Touch of Blossom: John Singer Sargent and the Queer Flora of Fin-de-Siècle Art (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2010), pp. 4; 5, fig. 3. “Cat. 10: Caricature of Jules Didier (“Butterfly Man”),” in Monet Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, ed. Gloria Groom and Jill Shaw (Art Institute of Chicago, 2014), https://publications.artic.edu/monet/reader/paintingsanddrawings/section/135470.

    Open-access museum data

    This record comes from the open-access collection data that the Art Institute of Chicago publishes for unrestricted use (Creative Commons Zero). Art Trackers shows a selection of the museum's published fields. The Art Institute of Chicago is not an Art Trackers client and has not reviewed or endorsed this page; the museum's own website is the authoritative record.

    • View this work at the Art Institute of Chicago
    • The Art Institute of Chicago: open-access terms

    Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Claude Monet / French, 1840-1926
    Date
    c. 1858
    Medium
    Black and white chalks on blue laid paper
    Dimensions
    61.6 × 43.6 cm (24 5/16 × 17 3/16 in.)
    Type
    Drawing
    Classification
    charcoal
    Place
    France
    Department
    Prints and Drawings
    Credit line
    Mr. and Mrs. Carter H. Harrison Collection
    Accession no.
    1933.889

    More by Claude Monet in museum collections

    • The Red Kerchief

      Claude Monet

      c. 1868–73 · Painting

      Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art

      AT-00000239
    • Water Lilies (Agapanthus)

      Claude Monet

      c. 1915–26 · Painting

      Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art

      AT-00000259
    • Poppy Field (Giverny)

      Claude Monet

      1890–91 · Painting

      Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

      AT-00000569
    • Irises

      Claude Monet

      1914–17 · Painting

      Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago

      AT-00000574

    Open-access museum record · AT-00002280

    Powered by Art Trackers