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Head of Girl
Candido Portinari1957
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, blue, red and white. Quick strokes. Girl's head occupying almost the entire stand area. The figure is from the front, has rounded face, hair represented by angular features on the forehead, eyebrows represented by small trace, small eyes, nostrils indicated, parallel lines vertically on the lips that are closed and square chin. Shaded blue on the eyes, chin and neck, and red on the cheeks and lips. Straps initiated by zigzag contoured neck.
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Details
- Title: Head of Girl
- 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: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w19.5 x h25cm 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 , colored pencil
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 57"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2519
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Inscription: In top left corner, embossed mark of the paper "Shoellers Hammer”. On reverse, cards "adquirido 11/12/76 Sr. Marcelo Campos Cristo” and "Galeria Guignard Ltda Avenida Alfredo Balena 586 FONE 2214304 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais”.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4250
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