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Mulatto Woman
Candido Portinari1940
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in the earthy and white tones. Shaded and a few lines. mulatto head against smoky background. The figure is from the front, slightly turned to the left, you have an oval face, curly hair distributed side, short front and long back up to her neck. It has high forehead, thin, arched eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, broad nose, thick lips, apparent on the left ear and long neck. Brands, like fingers, the mulatto's face accentuate the effect of shading.
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Details
- Title: Mulatto Woman
- 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: w31 x h40cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:ethnic groups:mulatto, human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
- Technique: oil , dry brush
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 1940"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2084
- Inscription: On reverse, glued paper under glass "PORTINARI Candido – 1903-1962, 329. Mulata, óleo s. cartão, as. dat. 1940 inf. dir. nº 125 do catálogo da exposição do artista no Carnegie Institute of Art – Pittsburgh, com etiqueta no verso”; labels "Brainbridge Board Trade Number 80 Mark 22 x 30 or 30 x 40 single or double Thick Charles T. Brainbridge’s Sous Brooklyn, N.Y.” and "Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania To study: Mulatto Woman By Candido Portinari Lent by the artist Catalogue nº 125 Museum of Modern Art Nº 40.4236 Portinari Nº116”.. On reverse, inscription "E. Carneiro”; label from Artefact framing house. On back of frame, inscriptions "(2) Ev. Carneiro 431 of + PP 10 cm. Cam(?) nº 113 chant + hum nº 2”, "BARHAM”, "62” and "3”.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1291
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