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Female Costume

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, orange, red, black, white and earthy. Smooth texture and lines and contour. It depicts woman standing from the front, against a plain background, occupying almost the entire support height. The woman has her head tilted slightly to the left, on the right arm flexed, on the left down and legs apart. She has suggested facial features, black curly hair with bangs, wears long sleeve shirt in green and white tones, with black and pareô ornaments tied on the right, orange and red tones with vertical black lines on the right and oblique on the left and pants sneakers black. Plain white background.

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  • Title: Female Costume
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h25.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:woman
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Initialed at bottom right "CP". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4987
  • Inscription: Inscriptions, at top edge, "manga cumprida”; in middle of bottom edge, "povo”
  • Function: Costume design for the Iara Ballet
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2142
Projeto Portinari

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