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Woman Holding Child

Candido Portinari1940

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in earthy tones, black, white, green, blue and gray. Contour lines. It depicts woman sitting in box with child on her lap. The woman is fat, faces, turned slightly to the right, sitting with legs apart in a rectangular crate of wood, holding a baby in his on the left arm. She has Carapinhas hair, chubby face, represented facial features, dress wears rotated at the time of the shins and is barefoot. The baby has Carapinhas hair, represented facial features, prominent belly and is naked. Behind the figures on the left hill with houses and on the right, also has some houses. In the background, sea, horizon and sky with some blue esfumatos.

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  • Title: Woman Holding 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: 1940
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w51.5 x h66.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, Nature:landscape:field, human figure:child:boy, human figure:woman
  • Technique: sepia , dry brush
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5355
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1264
Projeto Portinari

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