Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1907
The Ten Largest, No. 9, Old Age
The Ten Largest, No. 9, Old Age (1907) by Hilma af Klint. Its palette is led by pale muted reddish cream (#e3c8b7, 47%) and light orange scarlet (#d6a696, 26%), with accents of white and red. 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
- #e3c8b7 MG 198 pale muted reddish cream 47.5% of canvas
- #d6a696 MG 022 light orange scarlet 26.1% of canvas
- #c77d6f MG 015 light red 14.4% of canvas
- #ffffff MG 205 white 7.7% of canvas
- #ac4e4e MG 018 red 4.3% of canvas
Color families
White 42%, Brown 30%, Red 19%, Pink 4%, Orange 3%
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Composition
53% of the visual weight is in the right half, 69% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.79 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 65% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 34% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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