Hilma af Klint — The Ten Largest — Number 4 Youth

The Ten Largest, No. 4, Youth

Hilma af Klint

Hilma af Klint — The Ten Largest — Number 4 Youth

Details

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

11 tags

Subject Matter

  • Line, Form, and Color Visual · 97%

    The composition prominently uses outlined curves, recurring shapes, and relationships among line, form, and color.

  • Flora Visual · 92%

    Several motifs visibly resemble stylized flowers, including the large radial form at upper left and smaller floral forms at right and below.

Styles and Movements

  • Abstract Art Visual · 99%

    The image is organized through nonrepresentational circles, petal-like forms, spirals, and color fields rather than naturalistic depiction.

Visual Qualities

  • Curvilinear Forms Visual · 97%

    Rounded, looping, petal-like, and spiral contours dominate the composition, with very few straight edges.

  • Asymmetrical Visual · 93%

    The arrangement distributes distinct rounded motifs across the field without bilateral or regular symmetry.

  • Pastel Colors Visual · 89%

    Many of the pink, blue, yellow, and white forms are pale and softly contrasting, producing a prominent pastel component within the palette.

  • Patterns Visual · 88%

    Recurring circular, petal-like, paired, and spiral motifs create visible repetition and rhythmic patterning.

Medium and Techniques

  • Painting Metadata · 99%

    The catalog classifies the object as a painting.

  • Tempera Metadata · 99%

    The catalog identifies the medium as tempera on paper, mounted on canvas.

  • Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

    The catalog explicitly identifies the painted support as paper, even though it is mounted on canvas.

Time Periods

  • 1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%

    The catalog dates the work to 1907, placing it within the 1900–1917 period.

Source & rights

Gsimonov. Own work