The Ten Largest, No. 2, Childhood
Hilma af Klint — The Ten Largest — Number 2 Childhood
Details
- Palette
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- Origin
- Sweden
- Holding institution
- The Hilma af Klint Foundation
- Image provider
- wikimedia-commons
- License
- Public domain
- Credit
- The Hilma af Klint Foundation
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Childhood Metadata · 99%
The catalog title explicitly identifies the work as The Ten Largest, No. 2, Childhood.
Styles and Movements
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Abstract Art Visual · 99%
The composition is nonrepresentational, consisting of circles, ovals, arcs, and organic-looking shapes rather than a literal pictorial subject.
Visual Qualities
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Geometric Visual · 96%
Large disks, circular outlines, concentric rings, and enclosed curved units structure much of the composition.
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Biomorphic Visual · 95%
Rounded, petal-like, floral, and cell-like contours appear throughout the image, especially in the large pink form and the smaller central motifs.
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Patterns Visual · 96%
Repeated circles, petal forms, concentric rings, and looping outlines create a patterned visual language across the blue ground.
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Scattered Composition Visual · 90%
Distinct overlapping forms are distributed across the field, with several shapes cropped by the edges of the support.
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Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 88%
The image juxtaposes saturated orange and dark blue with pink, yellow, white, green, and pale blue passages.
Medium and Techniques
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Painting Metadata · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a painting.
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Work on Paper Metadata · 99%
The catalog specifies tempera on paper, mounted on canvas; the work therefore has a paper support despite its canvas mounting.
Time Periods
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1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1907, which falls within the 1900–1917 period.
Source & rights
Gsimonov. Own work