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Head of Marina
Candido Portinari1946
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Few contour lines and quick strokes. Female Head occupying almost the entire stand area. 3/4 face facing left, fat and long. Hair swept back and up on top curl forming head; high forehead and large, broken eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes with just indicated iris, nose suggested by sinuous lines, closed lips, square chin seeing is the beginning of the neck.
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Details
- Title: Head of Marina
- 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: 1946
- Physical Dimensions: w25.5 x h35cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: portrait:woman, human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
- Technique: lead pencil
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1508
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para Marina e Jayme com o abraço amigo de Portinari Paris 946”
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2482
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