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Girl with Braids and Bow

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow, orange, green, earthy, black and blue. Smooth, thick texture in dress, with textures made with brush and cable marked brushstrokes. Bust of a girl, against background in yellow and greenish hues. The girl faces, has dark hair tied in braids framing her face and fall on the sides to the height of the neck and are trapped in the top of the head by an orange bow tie. It has the oval face, thick eyebrows and dark, almond-shaped brown eyes, small nose, lips closed, with significant brightness on the left region of the lower lip and long, thin neck. wears orange blouse with ochre spots and textured by divergent ribbed neckline. The background behind the figure is represented by geometrical areas and sides greenish hues in light yellow, almost stoned with sun suggestion on on the right darker yellow.

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  • Title: Girl with Braids and Bow
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w45.5 x h55cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI RIO 55"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3416
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label from Esquadrão framing house.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3467
Projeto Portinari

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