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Head of Girl

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, blue, red and yellow tones. Quick strokes, contour lines, colored lines filling in the forms. Head of black girl against yellow background. The girl faces with the face slightly tilted to the left and back to on the right. Face contour with facial features and hair marked by black lines. Wavy hair, represented by zigzag lines, with suggested braid or ponytail Ponytail at the time of the neck, seeming to have red ribbon around the head, ending in lace at the top. Face full color with red pencil, with several parallel and intersecting lines on top, broad forehead, thin eyebrows triangular shaped, flat, coarse nose, thick lips closed, thin face, thin and high neck. Around the figure, following the contour of the head and neck, made with blue colored crayons. Background in yellow.

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  • 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: 1956
  • Physical Dimensions: w8.5 x h10cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2351
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4030
Projeto Portinari

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