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Girl with Braids and Bow

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, yellow, orange, rose, blue, green, ochre and black. Contour lines, dotted and shaded. Girl half-bust against dotted background. The girl has a round face, curly brown hair covering his forehead and two fallen braids in her ears, with the ends stuck in the top of the head by a color rose tie. Eyebrows represented by light inclined dash, well separated almond-shaped eyes, small nose just being sketched nose, small mouth shut represented by line against the lips and light dashed. Rounded chin, thin neck. Sees the start of the blouse dashed orange tone neck outlined by zigzag darker. Background dotted 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: 1957
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w27.5 x h43.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: color crayon, colored pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 57"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2027
  • Inscription: On back of frame, inscriptions "6690” and "Astride Guimarães”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4244
Projeto Portinari

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