Bauhaus · 1922

LIS

László Moholy-Nagy 1895–1946

LIS (1922) by László Moholy-Nagy. Its palette is led by stone (#6c6b5e, 41%) and grey (#7e868d, 21%), with accents of soot, parchment and scarlet red. Overall the canvas is light, muted and balanced between warm and cool.

Color reading

Brown and gray cover nearly three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, scarlet red #D0451D, takes up just 1% of it.

Palette

#6c6b5e MG 175 stone 40.6% of canvas
#7e868d MG 215 grey 21.1% of canvas
#9d9ca6 MG 208 pigeon grey 15.0% of canvas
#6a97b1 MG 095 muted azure blue 9.1% of canvas
#041115 MG 223 soot 8.3% of canvas
#eee3dd MG 201 parchment 4.9% of canvas
#d0451d MG 017 scarlet red 1.1% of canvas

Color families

Brown 40%, Gray 31%, Blue 14%, Black 8%, White 4%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.56
Contrast: 0.62
Vividness: 0.026
Warmth: -0.02
Complexity: 175 cells
Hue range: 0.56
Focus: 0.00

Composition

54% of the visual weight is in the right half, 58% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.08 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 51% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 17% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1922
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 131.0 × 100.0 cm
Genre: abstract art
Collection: Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich

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