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Mother
Candido Portinari1946
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in brown and white. Contour lines in quick strokes. Woman half-bust occupying almost the entire area of support. The figure is slightly shifted to the left, has a kind of veil in the head represented in straight lines, almond-shaped eyes whose corners trickle down "stone tears," long nose, mouth indicated by quick strokes pit in the center of the chin, wide neck bypassed by line that forms a neck "V". Plain background.
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Details
- Title: Mother
- 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: 1946
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w14.5 x h20.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
- Technique: fountain pen
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 946"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2610
- Inscription: On reverse, torn label. On back of frame, inscriptions "3815” and "6.500”.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2494
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