Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1911

The Street Enters the House

Umberto Boccioni 1882–1916

The Street Enters the House (1911) by Umberto Boccioni. Its palette is led by light grey (#a4a5ae, 24%) and slate (#604b65, 15%), with accents of muted red, orange, indigo blue and dark blue. Overall the canvas is mid-toned, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown, gray and blue cover about three-quarters of the canvas. Its most vivid color, dark blue #1E3C74, takes up just 3% of it.

Palette

#a4a5ae MG 213 light grey 23.8% of canvas
#604b65 MG 210 slate 15.5% of canvas
#866c83 MG 012 muted red 14.5% of canvas
#6a3936 MG 144 dark crimson sienna 12.9% of canvas
#332c38 MG 211 dark slate 11.7% of canvas
#9b6a40 MG 030 orange 10.4% of canvas
#5672a4 MG 104 indigo blue 7.9% of canvas
#1e3c74 MG 107 dark blue 3.4% of canvas

Color families

Brown 32%, Gray 23%, Blue 22%, Red 9%, Purple 6%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.53
Contrast: 0.44
Vividness: 0.050
Warmth: +0.32
Complexity: 250 cells
Hue range: 0.83
Focus: 0.01

Composition

51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 58% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.75 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 1% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 40% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1911
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 100.0 × 100.6 cm
Collection: Sprengel Museum, Hanover

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