Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (1827–1905), Bust of a Woman, 1851. Bronze, 71.5 × 40.6 × 29.2 cm (28 3/16 × 16 × 11 1/2 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund. Public domain (CC0).

Bust of a Woman

Charles Henri Joseph Cordier, 1851. Bronze.

Front view
Soft light
Sculpture

Bronze bust facing front with the head turned slightly to the left, evenly lit against a pale gray ground.

Open in the value study maker

The image is free to use for any purpose: the museum has released it into the public domain.

Value studies

Bust of a Woman as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 5.7: 27% of the picture is dark and 73% light.

Bust of a Woman as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 26% dark (values 0 to 5.3), 25% middle (5.3 to 8.4) and 49% light (8.4 to 10).

Bust of a Woman as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 18%, 10%, 20%, 32% and 21% of the picture.

Split at the picture's natural breaks between light and dark, with Simplify at 5, as in the value study maker. Values run from 0 (black) to 10 (white).

Palette

#DADBD5Value 8.7, neutral
31%
#ECEDEBValue 9.4, neutral
20%
#C4C5BDValue 7.9, neutral
20%
#322F31Value 2.0, neutral
9%
#474446Value 2.9, neutral
6%
#1A181AValue 0.8, neutral
5%
#646062Value 4.1, neutral
4%
#868084Value 5.4, neutral
3%

The 8 main colors run from value 0.8 to 9.4: 8 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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