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Girl Holding Child

Candido Portinari1935

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in gray, blue, white, and black earthy. Smooth texture. Composition representing girl boy with figure, taking almost the entire height of the composition. The girl is in the center of the composition, standing, facing, is misshapen, stocky, has a large head, short and curly hair, round face, big eyes well together, short and wide nose, closed thick lips, thick neck and short . It has very wide body, long on the left arm throughout the body. wear white dress tunic type, square neckline, long sleeves, marked by vertical lines that suggest furrowed. It has very long legs, slightly apart and rounded bare feet. Snapping at the time of her waist, boy also deformed with the redder skin than the girl. He is in profile to on the right, the head 3/4 facing the same side. Has great face, some strands of hair suggested at the top of the head, almond-shaped eyes, small nose and lips parted. It wears white blouse and has the bare legs. The ground is represented in gray tones stoned. In the background, on the horizon, buttes in shades earthy a on the left and two on the right. Stoned sky-blue tone.

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  • Title: Girl Holding Child
  • 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: 1935
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w60 x h73.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, Nature:landscape:metaphysics, human figure:child:girl, human figure:child:boy
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2968
  • Inscription: On stretcher, inscription "COL. Jayme dias da Cunha”. On back of frame, inscriptions "877)” [many times], "P x 41 AZ x 213” and "canhamo branco”.
  • Function: Painting with same composition as engraving “Girl Holding Child” [FCO 3637].
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-546
Projeto Portinari

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