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Face of Girl
Candido Portinari1948
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in blue and white. Fast contour lines. Composition representing girl's head, occupying almost the entire area of the support against a plain background. The figure has straight hair, thin eyebrows, wide eyes, small nose, thick lips closed, mark on the chin, thin neck marked by two horizontal wrinkles.
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Details
- Title: Face 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: 1948
- Location Created: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w18 x h25cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:girl, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: fountain pen
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 3399
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para Maria Dulce, com muito carinho de Portinari S. Paulo 1948”
- Function: Sketch
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2772
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