The Ten Largest, as prints
The Ten Largest is a series of ten paintings Hilma af Klint made in 1907 to describe the stages of a human life: childhood, youth, adulthood and old age. Each canvas is more than three metres tall, painted in tempera on paper, and together they are among the earliest large-scale abstract paintings in Europe.
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Hilma af Klint
The Ten Largest, No. 3, Youth, 1907
from 399 kr
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Hilma af Klint
The Ten Largest, No. 7, Adulthood, 1907
from 399 kr
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Hilma af Klint
The Ten Largest, No. 4, Youth, 1907
from 399 kr
We print three of them. No. 3 and No. 4 belong to Youth, with spirals, petals and circles on a warm orange ground. No. 7 is Adulthood, on lilac, with two golden forms at its centre. The palettes were chosen by the artist to feel like the season of life they describe, which is why they work so well together on one wall.
Hang Youth No. 3 and No. 4 as a pair, add Adulthood No. 7 to make a trio, or let one of them stand alone at 70×100 cm.
Questions
How big are the original paintings?
Each painting in The Ten Largest is roughly 3.2 by 2.4 metres. Our largest print is 70×100 cm and keeps the full composition.
Can I hang them as a set?
Yes. Two or three prints in the same size with 6–10 cm between them read as one piece; centre the group at about 145 cm from the floor.