Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1887–1927 · Spanish

Juan Gris

Across 3 works, the colors are mostly brown (54%), gray (21%) and black (10%). On average the canvases are light, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: light blue, bone, light tan, rich orange ochre and dark sienna.

Color print

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

• MG 171 bone 9.4% of canvas
• MG 222 charcoal 7.3% of canvas
• MG 172 oatmeal 5.5% of canvas
• MG 173 putty 5.3% of canvas
• MG 213 light grey 4.6% of canvas
• MG 174 warm grey 3.8% of canvas
• MG 164 light tan 3.6% of canvas
• MG 217 iron 3.1% of canvas
• MG 178 rich orange ochre 2.7% of canvas
• MG 208 pigeon grey 2.6% of canvas
• MG 175 stone 2.6% of canvas
• MG 095 muted azure blue 2.6% of canvas
• MG 215 grey 2.6% of canvas
• MG 145 dark sienna 2.5% of canvas
• MG 216 dark grey 2.5% of canvas
• MG 212 pale grey 2.3% of canvas

Measurements

Lightness

0.58

Contrast

0.52

Vividness

0.035

Warmth

+0.51

Complexity

226 cells

Hue range

0.43

Focus

0.00

Works

• Portrait of Pablo Picasso, 1912
• The Bottle of Anís del Mono, 1914
• Le Canigou, 1921