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Head of Girl
Candido Portinari1959
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, blood, blue and white. Contour lines, circular lines, zigzag and scraped. Composition representing front of girl's head occupying the center of the stand area. The figure has a round face, curly hair, facial features well-marked. Around the neck, zigzag line suggesting collar clothes.
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Details
- Title: Head of Girl
- 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: 1959
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w19.4 x h24.7cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:girl, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: sanguine, colored pencil, India ink pen , India ink brush
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1775
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in middle of bottom half "Para a Gerda com a amizade Portinari 59”
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4559
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