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Composition in black and white. Contour lines and intersecting. Pregnant squalid with child on her lap, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition against barren lanscape in the background. The woman is standing, facing, has a round face, long hair and defined facial features, wears sleeveless dress-neck "U" whose skirt reveals prominent belly and bare feet. On the right arm over the body and on the left folded with open hand where a naked emaciated child is sitting. Ground with stones and sticks suggestion. Background with line marking the horizon where you see hills and the sky, on the left, crescent moon.

Details

  • Title: Brazilian Mother
  • 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: 1960
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w10 x h23.8cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, human figure:child, human figure:woman
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINAR-RI 60"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1117
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Function: Illustration for the title page of volume I of the book “Obstetrícia,” by Jorge de Rezende
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4684

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