American Modernism · 1921

Girl at Sewing Machine

Edward Hopper 1882–1967

Still in copyright: the image isn't shown, only the colors measured from it.

Girl at Sewing Machine (1921) by Edward Hopper. Its palette is led by reddish brown (#7a5037, 32%) and bistre (#35281f, 23%), with accents of pale muted azure blue, putty, pale sand and pale muted golden cream. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about two-thirds of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet #B56E47, takes up 8% of it.

Palette

#7a5037 MG 154 reddish brown 31.9% of canvas
#35281f MG 219 bistre 22.6% of canvas
#533e2f MG 168 dark amber brown 18.4% of canvas
#b56e47 MG 024 scarlet 8.3% of canvas
#bcd4e8 MG 092 pale muted azure blue 6.5% of canvas
#928f80 MG 173 putty 6.1% of canvas
#c2b590 MG 180 pale sand 3.4% of canvas
#e7deaf MG 203 pale muted golden cream 2.9% of canvas

Color families

Brown 65%, Black 13%, Blue 6%, Orange 6%, Gray 6%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.48
Contrast: 0.59
Vividness: 0.049
Warmth: +0.86
Complexity: 145 cells
Hue range: 0.35
Focus: 0.20

Composition

57% of the visual weight is in the right half, 56% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.37 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 43% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 26% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1921
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 48.3 × 46.0 cm
Made in: United States
Collection: Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid