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Head of Girl
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in gray and white. Rapid lines and irregular lines. Girl's head from below occupying the center of the area of the composition. The head is facing up seeing a part of the forehead with a few strands at the center and large volume on the right at shoulder height. Straight eyebrows, eyes represented by circle with tip in the center, seen from below nose, lips represented by two strokes, dashed under the chin marking shady area. Sees the start of the blouse.
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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: 1955
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w14.7 x h20.7cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:girl, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: fountain pen
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 55"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2702
- Notes: Work executed on inside cover of a menu.
- Function: Sketch. Work executed during a luncheon offered to Afonso Arinos de Mello Franco when his book Um estadista da República was released, July 14, 1955
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3692
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