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Composition in blue tones, violet, lilac, green, gray and black. Smooth texture in the background and with thick strokes marked in the figures. Mother with dead son on her lap occupying almost the entire area of ​​support. The figures are represented by significant deformation emphasizing the dramatic It depicts. The woman is sitting on the legs and curved forward with his head down on the dead child in her lap. See a part of the curved back and long straight black hair fallen over the lifeless body that sustains us arms. Dressed in violet and blue tones with marked strokes defining texture. The child is lying with his head to the left and on the right legs fallen; fallen head back, on the right arm resting on the floor and legs bent at the knees. Ground smooth gray tones in lilac and dark blue background having high and to the right a circle contrasting greenish-blue. The arms that surround it and your body are represented in greenish and lilac tones.

Details

  • Title: Woman with 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: w118 x h158cm 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: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated at right edge "PORTINARI 56-58 [sic]"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2500
  • Notes: Support is waterproofed plywood made of cedar from a ship.. Although dated 1956-1958, the work was completed in 1955, when it was shown at an exhibition.
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription "CANDIDO PORTINARI 3ª BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO”.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “War” [FCO 3799]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3537

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