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Girl with Braids and Bows

Candido Portinari1956-05

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, orange, yellow, blue, violet, rose, and white earthy. Parallel lines, tangled, crisscrossed and dotted. Composition representing girl half-bust with loops and pigtails, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the support against a yellow background. The figure is from the front, slightly turned to the left; It has round face and full; curly hair with short bangs around the forehead and two fallen braids at the shoulders. The braids are finished off by blue ties, seeing if another tie at the top of the head. The entire face of the figure is filled with dashed parallel. Has broad forehead, small eyes wide apart, pulled up and turned to the left, small nose, thin lips, fleshy and straight closed and chin. It has a short neck and wears clothes mixed shade of orange with green and lilac, suggesting mesh, high neckline. Background filled with quick and short dashed yellow tone.

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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: 1956-05
  • Physical Dimensions: w32 x h45cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl
  • Technique: crayon, color crayon
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3705
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para a Sra. Dona Liliana com a amizade de Portinari Capri V 1956”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3887
Projeto Portinari

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