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Bahian Woman

Candido Portinari1940

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts Bahia with two girls in the open lanscape. To the right of center woman sitting in rectangular crate wood, front, with hands together in her lap and legs apart, dressed in Bahia, wearing turban, light blouse with coast of cloth across the trunk and skirt clear round with dark dots . Behind her, on the left, girl almost covered his face. Both have represented facial features. Girl behind, too far on the left, another girl standing back to back. The on the left side of the box, trunk on the ground. More to the bottom on the left, back boy climbing trunk; and on the right behind the Bahia, in the sky, armed scarecrow in beam, with flowing clothes and kite; on the ground, suggesting figure to be running with open arms. Ground with tufts of vegetation, hill to the skyline and sky Tone "degrade" with moon or sun on the right.

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  • Title: Bahian Woman
  • 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: 1940
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w73 x h60cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, Brazilian Culture:scarecrow, Brazilian Culture:popular types:Baiana, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:child:boy, human figure:group:women, diverse:recurring elements:trunk
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signature? Date?
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5219
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1215
Projeto Portinari

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