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Girl with Braids

Candido Portinari1958-06-10

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, yellow, brown, ochre and white tones. Contour lines, parallel ttaces and tangles. Composition representing girl's head occupying the entire area of the bracket, against a yellow background. The girl has a round face, facing 3/4 to the left, black hair with short bangs in an "S" shape falling over her forehead and braids falling over her shoulders, small eyes wide apart and facing forward, small nose, thin, closed lips and square chin. Wearing a hat, suggesting to be of dark straw, cut by the sides and top edges of the support area.

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  • Title: Girl with Braids
  • 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: 1958-06-10
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.7 x h22.2cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon, colored pencil
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1094
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom left corner "Para Gerda, com os votos de feliz aniversário de Maria e Portinari 10.6.58”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4382
Projeto Portinari

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