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Girls

Candido Portinari1940

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition of earthy tones. Contour lines. Two strands one to the other figures, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition. In the center, full body girl, nearly edge-on to the left with the fallen head to the right, on the right arm up and on the left arm lying along the body. wears sleeveless dress with polka dots and has legs slightly apart, and the on the right is earlier than the on the left. On the right slightly behind the girl, cue another figure on his back, almost in profile to the right, legs apart. In the background, suggesting straight boundary between floor and wall and the top of the composition, two parallel lines slightly diagonally from the left to the right and from top to bottom width of the cross support.

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  • Title: Girls
  • 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: 1940
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w19.9 x h24.6cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl
  • Technique: dry point
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 867
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1279
Projeto Portinari

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