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Woman Crying

Candido Portinari1947

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, green tones, earthy, gray and black. Smooth texture with visible brush strokes on the hands and part of clothing. Bust of woman crying occupying the entire area of ​​support. Figure faces with expression of pain and trembling in the hands and face with deliberate represented significant deformation: closed at the chin on the right and on the left half-open head height. It has a long face, arched eyebrows down, eyes wide with thick "stone tears" falling cheeks, long, broad nose in the semi-open nostrils and mouth. wears headdress with darker edging the head, the kind used by nuns, and clothing, also trimmed, it is close to the neck, with darker drape that goes down from his on the left shoulder. Slightly geometrized background in shades of earthy and ashes.

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  • Title: Woman Crying
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1947
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w66.5 x h81.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in top left corner "PORTINARI 1947"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2082
  • Notes: Support affixed to wood.
  • Inscription: On stretcher, inscription "Carneiro PP of Couro [illegible] Mold. Freg”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2553
Projeto Portinari

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