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Head of Woman
Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Features fast, outlined, contour lines and winding. Woman's head, on white background, 3/4 turned to the left, with short, curly hair, eyebrows suggested, large round eyes, indicated nostrils, thick lips closed. Neck indicated by a vertical line and two horizontal lines representing wrinkles. Flanking the neck, twisting and sharp features.
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Details
- 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: 1944
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w12.5 x h19.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
- Technique: fountain pen
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2319
- Notes: Work executed on page in scrapbook of Solange Diniz Lucie’s fifteenth birthday celebration.
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para Bibi com o abraço do Candinho Rio 1944”. On reverse, inscription "0755”.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2083
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