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Composition with Sitting Figure

Candido Portinari1939

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and gray tones. Contour lines, shaded, dotted and wavy lines. Composition representing female figure with deliberate deformation, sitting on the floor against non-figurative background. Figure faces with the head tilted back. His facial features are roughly indicated; It has massive breasts and naked apart and parallel legs bent. The arms are not visible but suggest being throughout the body. Figure has its back kind of thick rope. The bottom rectangular areas of various sizes filled with dashes. The floor comes with the same background work and that on the left sees circular shape suggesting a skein.

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  • Title: Composition with Sitting Figure
  • 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: 1939
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w15.5 x h12.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:figure, diverse:recurring elements:rope
  • Technique: India ink brush , India ink wash
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2887
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label from Artefact framing house; inscription "028”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1045
Projeto Portinari

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