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Dead Woman

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, white, gray, green, blue, earthy, rose, yellow and lilac. Upper half graphite with overlapping lines, shadings erased scraped details gouache. Lower half in gouache with contour lines and detail of the ink-pen-tip. Representation It depicts with dead woman indoors. In the foreground, woman lying on the floor with open arms and legs and head turned to the right. It has suggested facial features, face-hued rose and lilac, dark hair, wearing white robe and barefoot. On the figure lying man kneeling with his back and bent. In the background, two kneeling figures forward with hands on her face and little further back, two men standing with their heads down and hands on his face. On the third level, on the left rectangular window with three figures outside; on the right bed with rounded backs. At the bottom, on the right of center, female figure standing in front, wearing a blue dress with the front of a boy with facial features suggested also blue dress.

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  • Title: Dead 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w21.5 x h29.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:death, human figure:child, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: gouache , lead pencil , India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari 959"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3174
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom left "ESTUDO PARA AGUA FORTE”. On back of frame, label "Contorno obras de arte e molduras Ltda. Rua Haddock Lobo 1544 Fone: 282-8884 São Paulo” and torn label.
  • Function: Study for the engraving “Dead Woman” [FCO 805]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4594
Projeto Portinari

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