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Head of Woman

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, red ochre, sepia, blue and white tones. Fast straight lines, intersecting and shaded. Composition representing a woman's head facing the front and tilted back, occupying the center of the support area, against white background. She has a round face, black and dark-brown hair tangled behind the shoulders, straight eyebrows, eyes up, nose with mainly the nostrils showing, closed mouth painted red ochre, chin and neck very visible because the head is tilted back. Some loose strokes define the beginning of the clothes she's wearing.

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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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w29 x h34cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
  • Technique: crayon, color crayon, sanguine, sepia
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1092
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para Gerda lembrança de Portinari 55”
  • Function: Sketch
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3495
Projeto Portinari

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