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Portrait of Adalgisa Nery
Candido Portinari1937
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white, some contour lines and shading setting volumes. Composition representing a woman's head turned to the left 3/4. Mong face hair divided on the left with looped ends, almond-shaped eyes, delicate nose, full lips closed and small chin recessed in the center; suggested neck. Plain background.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Adalgisa Nery
- 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: 1937
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w36.5 x h48.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: portrait:woman
- Technique: lead pencil
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5306
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at top right "PARA A ADALGISA PORTINARI 937”
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-687
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