American Modernism · 1887–1986 · American

Georgia O'Keeffe

Across 5 works, the colors are mostly brown (32%), gray (18%) and white (17%). On average the canvases are light, muted and balanced between warm and cool. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: silver, cool white, bone, pale muted azure aqua and oatmeal.

Color print

The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.

• MG 206 silver 12.3% of canvas
• MG 223 soot 10.8% of canvas
• MG 171 bone 10.0% of canvas
• MG 172 oatmeal 7.4% of canvas
• MG 211 dark slate 3.6% of canvas
• MG 204 cool white 3.5% of canvas
• MG 218 graphite 3.3% of canvas
• MG 176 taupe 3.2% of canvas
• MG 212 pale grey 3.2% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 3.1% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 2.9% of canvas
• MG 221 blue black 2.5% of canvas
• MG 177 dark taupe 2.3% of canvas
• MG 201 parchment 2.3% of canvas
• MG 163 pale tan 2.0% of canvas
• MG 173 putty 1.9% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.61

Contrast

0.46

Vividness

0.023

Warmth

+0.12

Complexity

117 cells

Hue range

0.39

Focus

0.00

Composition

Averaged over 5 works: 54% of the visual weight in the right half, 56% in the lower half; symmetry 0.32; 52% calm space; half of the detail in 25% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.

Works

• Blue and Green Music, 1919–1921
• The Shelton with Sunspots, N.Y., 1926
• Black Cross, New Mexico, 1929
• Cow's Skull with Calico Roses, 1931
• Sky above Clouds IV, 1965