Charles Henri Joseph Cordier (1827–1905), Bust of Saïd Abdullah of the Darfour People, 1848. Bronze, 82.5 × 45.7 × 35.6 cm (32 1/2 × 18 × 14 1/16 in.). Art Institute of Chicago, Ada Turnbull Hertle Fund. Public domain (CC0).

Bust of Saïd Abdullah of the Darfour People

Charles Henri Joseph Cordier, 1848. Bronze.

Profile
Side light
Sculpture

Bronze bust photographed in profile facing right, with light from the front right raking across the brow, cheekbone and beard.

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

Value studies

Bust of Saïd Abdullah of the Darfour People as a study in 2 values — **Notan, 2 values.** Split at value 5.3: 66% of the picture is dark and 34% light.

Bust of Saïd Abdullah of the Darfour People as a study in 3 values — **3 values.** 35% dark (values 0 to 2.6), 32% middle (2.6 to 5.9) and 33% light (5.9 to 10).

Bust of Saïd Abdullah of the Darfour People as a study in 5 values — **5 values.** From darkest to lightest: 19%, 28%, 21%, 19% and 14% 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

#C6C6C2Value 8.0, neutral
21%
#353937Value 2.4, neutral
14%
#0B140FValue 0.6, neutral
14%
#606363Value 4.2, neutral
13%
#212624Value 1.5, neutral
13%
#494D4CValue 3.2, neutral
12%
#E6E6E5Value 9.1, neutral
10%
#848480Value 5.5, neutral
3%

The 8 main colors run from value 0.6 to 9.1: 8 neutral. See warm and cool colors for how the labels are worked out.

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