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Child Reading by Henry Lyman Saÿen

Child Reading

Henry Lyman Saÿen · 1915-1918

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Palette

Iris
 29% of the image
Blue · text contrast 6.9:1
Charcoal
 20% of the image
Black · text contrast 13.6:1
Pale stone
 17% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 11.8:1
Cornflower
 14% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.5:1
Cobalt
 11% of the image
Blue · text contrast 5.5:1
Pale gold
 8% of the image
Yellow · text contrast 9.1:1

Colours measured by this site from the museum image (k-means in CIELAB). Names are the nearest in our own list and describe how the colour looks, not the pigment. Text on each chip uses whichever of black or white contrasts more (WCAG ratio shown). How

Details

Artist
Henry Lyman Saÿen
1875–1918
Date
1915-1918
Type
Painting
Medium
watercolor on paper mounted on paperboard
Size
sheet: 9 3/8 x 10 in. (23.9 x 25.4 cm) irregular
Period
20th century
Themes
Reading and letters
Main colour
Blue · lightness 48, colourfulness 37

Smithsonian American Art Museum. Museum record. Public domain. United States: Smithsonian Open Access marks it CC0 (descriptiveNonRepeating.metadata_usage.access=CC0; online_media.media[0].usage.a). Europe: Artist died 1918: public domain in the EU since 1 January 1989. Last checked 2026-10-31 (Smithsonian Open Access usage is CC0: yes). Image released by the museum under CC0. Licence rules

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Calligraphic #2 Woman on Chair, Henry Lyman Saÿen Calligraphic #2 Woman on Chair Henry Lyman Saÿen, 1914-1918 Child, Henry Lyman Saÿen Child Henry Lyman Saÿen, 1914-1916 Volunteer civilian defense, Unknown artist Volunteer civilian defense Unknown artist, between 1941 and 1943 Untitled Compositions, Lyubov Popova Untitled Compositions Lyubov Popova, 1916 WPA exhibit Prints and drawings, Unknown artist WPA exhibit Prints and drawings Unknown artist, [1939.] WPA water colors, prints exhibition, Federal Art Gallery / HG [monogram], Unknown artist WPA water colors, prints exhibition, Federal Art Gallery / HG [monogram] Unknown artist, [1936 or 1937]

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