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Head of Woman

Candido Portinari1960-10

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and yellow. Straight, intersecting and circular lines. Half-bust of a woman facing forward against yellow plain background. The figure has a round face with dark skin represented by intersecting lines, long, wavy hair with bangs covering her forehead, earrings pending from the ears, eyes slit, long nose and thin lips smiling a little, rounded chin and long neck. She wears a light colored polka dots clothing. The right shoulder is cut by the left margin of the support.

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  • Title: Head of Woman
  • 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: 1960-10
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h22.2cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1040
  • Notes: Work executed on flyleaf of a copy of the book "Romans," by Graham Greene [LVI 6].
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom left "Para o Carlinhos com amizade Portinari Rio, X-960”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4761
Projeto Portinari

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