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Head of Child
Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, white and blue tones. Fast contour lines. Boy's head outline, occupying almost the entire area of the composition. The child is in profile to the right, has curly hair, broad forehead, marked eyebrows, eyes facing forward, aquiline nose, defined by a triangle, closed mouth and prominent chin. There are neck-in suggestion.
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Details
- Title: Head of Child
- 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: 1944
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w15.7 x h19.7cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:boy, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 161
- Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 324” and "Nº 497”.
- Function: Sketch for the mural painting Childrens Games [FCO 1760]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2280
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