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Maria Rosa and Her Friends in Carnival Costumes

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. Composition representing four costumed children It depicts outdoor lanscape. Children are grouped in the center of the composition and are facing. On the left girl dressed Fat Boy, have curly hair, wears jacket that looks clown, shorts and is barefoot. More to the right, suggesting girl being dressed as pirate woman. wears turban on his head, seeing hair in curly hair coming out the sides; face with facial features crudely indicated, eye open on the right, on the left closed, nose indicated by oval, very large mouth, where they exit irregular teeth. wear rotated long dress is the on the right arm along the body and folded over the on the left breast. Behind the first girl described using FIG indium headdress; on the right boy with facial features suggesting mustachioed man, fat. You have the on the right arm straight up, the on the left stretched to the side and legs are apart suggesting be dancing. The scene takes place in the open, looking to the left, aligned pitas. The background and still on the left, some diagonal, indicating early planting and homes. On the right next house with three figures and about.

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  • Title: Maria Rosa and Her Friends in Carnival Costumes
  • 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: 1941
  • Physical Dimensions: w28.9 x h22.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:landscape:field, human figure:group:children
  • Technique: gouache , India ink pen
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4595
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscriptions "Maria Rosa Please return to Junior Books, Doubleday” and "p 11”.
  • Function: Illustration no. 7 for the book “Maria Rosa,” by Vera Kelsey
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1506
Projeto Portinari

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