En premiär

Anders Zorn 1860–1920

En premiär (1888) by Anders Zorn. Its palette is led by pale grey (#c2c2c1, 28%) and light grey (#a7a8a6, 24%), with accents of taupe. Overall the canvas is light, muted and warm.

Color note

Zorn is linked to a famously limited palette of yellow ochre, vermilion, ivory black and white, now called the “Zorn palette”, though he used more colors at times.

Palette

#c2c2c1 MG 212 pale grey 27.7% of canvas
#a7a8a6 MG 213 light grey 23.8% of canvas
#898375 MG 174 warm grey 19.3% of canvas
#706858 MG 175 stone 17.1% of canvas
#49453b MG 176 taupe 12.2% of canvas

Color families

Gray 52%, Brown 46%, Green 1%, Blue 0%, White 0%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.66
Contrast: 0.42
Vividness: 0.018
Warmth: +1.00
Complexity: 160 cells
Hue range: 0.27
Focus: 0.18

Composition

60% of the visual weight is in the left half, 58% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 29% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 31% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1888
Medium: Gouache and oil on canvas
Size: 76.0 × 56.0 cm
Genre: nude
Collection: Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Municipality

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