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Carajá Indian Woman
Candido Portinari1962
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, straight, shaved strokes. In the center of the composition, India front, kneeling, hair divided in half, face no defined facial features, arms along the body, hands resting on the legs holding a fish and suggested breasts. Background with some geometrism.
Details
- Title: Carajá Indian 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: 1962
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w11 x h18cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:ethnic groups:Indian, human figure:woman
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 621
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 132” and "Nº 422”.
- Function: Study for the painting Carajá [FCO 68]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4880
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