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Women and Dead Boy

Candido Portinari1955-05-01

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, overlapping and shaded lines. Composition representing two women kneeling and reclining in the direction of a boy lying on the floor against a plain background. The boy is in agony state, or already dead, lying profile to on the left with fallen head back, suggested facial features, seeing them closed eyes, large nostrils, lips closed; chin and neck indicated by shadows. Your body is excessively thin and is represented by irregular lines, seeing transparency by your muscles and protruding ribs. It is naked, barefoot and has his on the right arm dropped to the ground, a bit away from the body. Behind him, two women kneeling, and the on the left is with the head, has fallen hair back and arms straight, supported on the right figure. This has the long hair fallen forward, seeing a part of your body diagonally, have your arms straight down, holding the baby in her thighs.

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  • Title: Women and Dead Boy
  • 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: 1955-05-01
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w20.5 x h16.3cm 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
  • Signature: Signed at bottom left "Portinari"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3017
  • Inscription: Dated in inscriptions at bottom left "guerra IV 55”, "O.N.U.” and "955”. On back of frame, signature on piece of paper paper "Portinari”.
  • Function: Study for the painting “Women Crying and Dead Child” [FCO 4266]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3595
Projeto Portinari

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