The Fitting Room

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Artist: Kenneth Hayes Miller
Date: 1931
Medium: Oil and tempera on canvas, mounted on Masonite
Dimensions: 28 x 34 in. (71.1 x 86.4 cm)
Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8D6040 · 42%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A57E60 · 13%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BB9775 · 12%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #6F4731 · 12%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #543628 · 7%

Ochre Kiln · Orange family · #A8682D · 4%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #806858 · 3%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #342A39 · 2%

Terracotta Slip · Orange family · #C1672A · 2%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #635F4B · 1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #DABB9E · 1%

Press Black · Black family · #1A100B · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #756864 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #010104 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #726471 · <1%

Weathered Madder · Red family · #8B6467 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #6E7971 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #A09298 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1931

10 tags

Related to Fashion Both · 99%

The title The Fitting Room, the catalog subject Dressing, and the visible garments and hats support a relationship to fashion.
Scenes of Everyday Life Both · 95%

The catalog lists Dressing as a subject, and the image shows women participating in an ordinary activity within an interior setting.
Interiors Visual · 98%

The figures are shown inside a room with architectural wall divisions, arched bays, a curtain or partition, and a tiled floor.

Figurative Painting Visual · 99%

The image presents multiple clearly recognizable human figures engaged in a representational painted scene.

Earth Tones Visual · 96%

Warm browns, ochres, muted reds, cream, and yellow dominate the image, with green and blue accents.
Dense Composition Visual · 93%

Overlapping figures and garments fill most of the horizontal picture plane, producing a visually concentrated arrangement.
Curvilinear Forms Visual · 94%

Rounded figures, draped garments, curved clothing contours, and arched architectural divisions are prominent formal features.

Oil Painting Metadata · 99%

The museum records the medium as oil and tempera on canvas mounted on Masonite; the oil-painting category captures a documented component of the medium.

1918 - 1939 (Interwar) Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1931, placing it within the catalog’s 1918–1939 interwar period.

American Art Metadata · 96%

Kenneth Hayes Miller is identified in the museum record as American.

Kenneth Hayes Miller. The Fitting Room. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.