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Composition in black and white. Rapid lines, parallel, intersecting and dashed. It depicts woman dead, lying on the ground and five figures in the background. In the foreground, dead woman, diagonally from the left to the right, front to back, arms outstretched and legs apart; Suggested face with facial features, seeing if fallen hair, on the right; It wears light dress and is barefoot. Behind his on the right shoulder, figure kneeling, front, hands covering his face as if he were crying. Flanking this figure is seen on either side of two men talking. The four have indicated facial features and wear dark suit. In the background, behind the figure crying, dark area vertically suggesting perhaps a door.

Details

  • Title: Dead 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: 1951
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17 x h21cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:death, human figure:group:men, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2594
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Nº 411 Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari”.. On reverse, inscriptions "XXXII” and "TOMBO: 2864 10.000”.
  • Function: Study for the painting “Cangaceiros and Women” [FCO 1846]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3003

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