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Composition in black tones, white, blue, rose and green. Contour lines, parallel lines, overlapping lines, colored in the limbs of the figures and dress of women. Composition representing back woman with child in her arms occupying almost the entire support area, with background filled by parallel vertical lines. The woman is kneeling, his back, his body bent forward, dark hair, dark dress represented by parallel lines in various positions and in some detail in blue. The child, squalid, is among the arms of the woman, and one can only see the head and the on the left arm and on the right legs and feet to the left. Has fallen head back, eyes wide, indicated nostrils, lips closed. Arm extremely thin colored blue and the suggested veins and legs too overly thin painted in blue and barefoot on green.

Details

  • Title: Mother with Dead 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w15.5 x h17.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:war, social:death, human figure:child:boy, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon, pastel
  • Signature: Signed at bottom left "Portinari"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3092
  • Inscription: Dated in inscription at bottom right "guerra 55 onu”. On back of frame, label "Rugendas Molduras Frei Caneca 569, S.P.”; inscription "B.253”.
  • Function: Study for the panel “War” [FCO 3799]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3542

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