Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1907
The Ten Largest, No. 2, Childhood
The Ten Largest, No. 2, Childhood (1907) by Hilma af Klint. Its palette is led by parchment (#e6d8ce, 22%) and light muted blue (#91a1b6, 20%), with accents of dark muted azure blue, light crimson, pale gold and light yellow. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
Hilma af Klint's The Ten Largest (1907), each around three metres tall, are painted in pastel pinks, oranges, blues and lilacs. She kept her abstract work largely private; it became widely known only decades after her death.
Palette
- #e6d8ce MG 201 parchment 22.3% of canvas
- #91a1b6 MG 094 light muted blue 20.0% of canvas
- #dbb1b0 MG 141 pale muted pink 17.5% of canvas
- #d37123 MG 026 scarlet orange 17.2% of canvas
- #374965 MG 098 dark muted azure blue 15.7% of canvas
- #d07679 MG 004 light crimson 3.2% of canvas
- #e4ce7c MG 036 pale gold 2.5% of canvas
- #a8a259 MG 044 light yellow 1.6% of canvas
Color families
Blue 23%, White 21%, Orange 17%, Gray 16%, Pink 10%
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Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 72% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.13 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 51% 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.
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