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Girl with Braids and Bows

Candido Portinari1956-02-13

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in earthy tones, white and green, with rose touch. Quick strokes and some contour lines. Girl half-bust against plain background. The girl is a little on the left of center, facing. wears two braids hanging leaving behind the ears and end at the shoulders, finished off by two green bows. At the top of the head, a larger and ribbon curls skirting the face to the height of the ears. It has well clear round each other's eyes, small nose and closed lips lightly painted rose. Wear clothes with double-breasted front and zigzag green pencil, forming kind of visor. There are touches of green still high on the head, around the mouth and on the girl's neck. Plain background.

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  • Title: Girl with Braids and Bows
  • 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: 1956-02-13
  • Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.6 x h24.8cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: colored pencil, fountain pen
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2278
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para os queridos amigos Lurdes [sic] e Sinval com o abraço de Portinari. Petropolis 13 Março [scratched out] Fev. 1956”. On stretcher, inscription "267”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3734
Projeto Portinari

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