Cubism & Early Abstraction · 1942
Victory Boogie Woogie
Victory Boogie Woogie (1942) by Piet Mondrian. Its palette is led by silver (#dadde2, 37%) and pale grey (#bec3cb, 22%), with accents of scarlet red, indigo blue and very dark muted blue. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.
Color note
From about 1920 Mondrian limited himself to red, yellow and blue, plus white, black and grey, set in a grid of straight lines. In New York his color broke loose again into the small colored blocks of Broadway Boogie Woogie.
Palette
- #dadde2 MG 206 silver 37.2% of canvas
- #bec3cb MG 212 pale grey 22.2% of canvas
- #d9bc1f MG 041 pale golden yellow 14.8% of canvas
- #9e2625 MG 019 scarlet red 12.8% of canvas
- #3957a0 MG 111 indigo blue 10.0% of canvas
- #19192f MG 100 very dark muted blue 3.0% of canvas
Color families
White 36%, Gray 18%, Yellow 15%, Blue 12%, Red 12%
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Composition
51% of the visual weight is in the right half, 55% in the lower half. Symmetry 0.89 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 8% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 36% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.
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More by Piet Mondrian
- The Red Tree, 1909
- Composition II in Red, Blue, and Yellow, 1930
- Broadway Boogie Woogie, 1942
- New York City, 1942