Sock Affairs No. 7, Adulthood Socks

No. 7, Adulthood Socks

Artist: Hilma af Klint

Created: 1907

Dimensions (cm): 315 x 235

Format: Tempera on paper mounted on canvas

Location: The Hilma af Klint Foundation, Stockholm

“No. 7, Adulthood” is part of “The Ten Largest” series of the “Paintings for the Temple”, where each number represents a stage of development in one’s life from childhood to adulthood. Although often perceived as “another” abstract painting, these groundbreaking artworks were developed in the early years of the 20th century, before Kandinsky and Mondrian.

This is a composition of swirling shapes, different from any physical reference, portrayed in soft yet bold pastel colors against a lilac background punctuated with lines, that invites you to step in and float away. Believing to be ahead of her time, Klint requested that they’d only be shown in public 20 years after her death. In 1986, 40 years after her death, they were finally presented to the world.

• 80% Combed Cotton, 17% Polyamide, 3% Elastane.
• We use seamless knitting to create a sock with no stitches.
• Wash inside out (40ºC/100ºF max). Do not tumble dry, iron, bleach or dry clean.

About Sock Affairs

Sock affairs has been five years in the making. In 2018, two guys left their cushy corporate jobs to follow a big idea: make fun socks for grown ups.

Three brands and 1 million socks later, we’ve developed a team of knitting experts, each assigned with the creative vision of a collection, according to their hobbies and passions.

Collectively, we focus on making high-quality socks that look good and feel even better. In this journey, we’ve created a community of tens of thousands that share our passion. People who know that when you put on a great pair of socks, it can make your whole day better.