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Portrait of Nininha

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in rose light colors, gray, white, blue and shades earthy, ochre, black, red. Smooth and rough texture. Portrait of girl against geometrized background. It is half-length front girl. He has light brown, straight, short but covering ears, with inputs and-bill widow pronounced. Rose ribbon around the head. Face is round with thin, arched dark eyebrows, beady dark eyes, wide nose on the tip, red lips closed with well-marked border. wears light rose dress dotted with small stylized red flowers with ruffled half sleeve, high neckline with small collar ending in a point, narrow band at the waist. Represented arms to just below the elbow. Background in shades of gray, blue and earthy, predominantly bluish gray, with touches of red, white and black. Tones suggest geometrical abstract shapes.

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  • Title: Portrait of Nininha
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w45 x h53cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:child:girl, human figure:child:girl
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 944"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1458
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2103
Projeto Portinari

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