Bauhaus · 1888–1943 · German
Oskar Schlemmer
Across 3 works, the colors are mostly gray (28%), brown (27%) and black (20%). On average the canvases are mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm. Signature colors, used far more here than across the collection: muted crimson red, grey, pewter, muted red and blue black.
Color print
The swatches covering most of these canvases, averaged over every work, dark to light.
- MG 222 charcoal 10.0% of canvas
- MG 215 grey 9.5% of canvas
- MG 221 blue black 8.0% of canvas
- MG 214 pewter 6.4% of canvas
- MG 173 putty 5.1% of canvas
- MG 223 soot 4.4% of canvas
- MG 216 dark grey 4.2% of canvas
- MG 191 golden olive 3.7% of canvas
- MG 208 pigeon grey 3.4% of canvas
- MG 174 warm grey 2.8% of canvas
- MG 011 muted crimson red 2.5% of canvas
- MG 171 bone 2.3% of canvas
- MG 209 cool grey 2.2% of canvas
- MG 213 light grey 2.0% of canvas
- MG 095 muted azure blue 2.0% of canvas
- MG 199 pale muted cream 1.9% of canvas
Measurements
Composition
Averaged over 3 works: 52% of the visual weight in the left half, 56% in the upper half; symmetry 0.18; 40% calm space; half of the detail in 26% of the canvas. Measured from each image, not a rule the painters followed.