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Girl Crying

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, white and earthy tones. Fast contour lines. Girl's face occupying the entire stand area. The figure has 3/4 face turned to the left, brown hair, arched eyebrows down, with almond-shaped eyes "stone tears" falling on the face, long, upturned nose, lips down face revealing pain; see are some wrinkles on the sides and chin marked by grave. His neck is indicated seeing are two wrinkles represented by horizontal lines.

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  • Title: Girl Crying
  • 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: Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w14 x h17cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
  • Technique: fountain pen
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2531
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom right corner "Para Gilda com a simpatia de Portinari Cataguazes 1948”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2741
Projeto Portinari

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