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Head of Woman
Candido Portinari1948
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in blue on the journal sheet. Sinuous lines and crossed straight lines. Woman's head, 3/4 turned to the left and up, in the center of the stand area. Oval face, hair represented by sinuous line, filled with cross strokes, short forehead, eyebrows together with the line that surrounds the big nose, big eyes filled with risks, lips closed. On the right tower species represented by parallel lines and crossed.
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Details
- Title: Head of 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: 1948
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w16.5 x h23.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
- Technique: fountain pen
- Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 3133
- Notes: Work executed on page of "Literatura" magazine that contained an advertisement for the Banco de Crédito Real de Minas Gerais. Support affixed to black cardboard.
- Inscription: On reverse, inscription "Registro de carga do acervo para o Serviço de Relações Públicas do Rio de Janeiro”. On back of frame, inscription "683/69 EVANDRO CARNEIRO Nº 7841 = Patrimonio art. CARTA J.P. 15 15/4/75 – ALMOXARIFADO”.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2739
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