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Head of Girl
Candido Portinari1958
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, white and red. Quick strokes. Girl's head occupying almost the entire stand area. Front figure, round face, hair represented by zigzag in different directions skirting the face, broken eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, well-marked nose, thin lips rosy as the shading on the cheeks, chin pit in the center, thin neck. Straps started.
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: 1958
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w16.5 x h20cm 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 in middle of bottom edge "Portinari 58"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2900
- Notes: Work executed on page of autograph book.
- Inscription: Dedication no bottom right corner "Para Ana Maria com os votos de muitas felicidades C.P.”
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4412
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