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Mother and Dead Son
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black tones, white and earthy. Firm contour lines and colored areas. Drawing depicting woman in profile to the right, kneeling on the right leg with the foot flat on the ground, holding in her arms a dead child. It has long, straight back and delineated facial features. wears wide dress is attached to the waist and barefoot.
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Details
- Title: Mother and Dead Son
- 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: w19.2 x h20.8cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:death, human figure:child:boy, human figure:woman
- Technique: lead pencil , color crayon, India ink pen
- Signature: Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 300
- Inscription: Inscription in bottom left corner "guerra O.N.U.”. On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 126” and "Nº 762”.
- Function: Study for the panel War [FCO 3799]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3538
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