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Sitting Girl
Candido Portinari1936
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. It depicts girl sitting in box. She is facing, 3/4 turned to the left, with the head slightly down, facial features without representation, on the left arm on the left leg and legs apart. On the right arm not represented. wears sleeveless dress at the knees and suggests be sitting on square crate. Plain background.
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Details
- Title: Sitting Girl
- 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: 1936
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w36 x h63cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:girl
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5238
- Function: Study for the painting Festival of Saint John [FCO 5177]. The model for this work was Olga Portinari Leão, sister of the artist.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-587
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