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Pregnant Woman

Candido Portinari1958

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in tones earthy, ochre, gray, yellow, black, orange, white, red and green. Rough and smooth texture, marked strokes. Composition representing pregnant woman against yellow and white background with yellow sun overhead. The woman is at the center of the composition, occupying most of his time standing in front. He has dark hair, long, semi-hidden by mantle in earthy tones that covers part of her forehead. Your skin is ochre red color with touches of green, eyebrows are black and thin, brown and slanted eyes, coarse nose and flat, suggested mouth, prominent upper jaw, rounded chin. wears dressed in gray tones, earthy and black-neck "V", sleeveless, with skirt below the knee. Skirt with draping in front and pulled the fabric and assembled to the left, with the tip falling behind to the middle of the on the right leg of the woman. His arms are thin and fallen throughout the body, thin legs apart, feet shod in open sandals. On the left, following the contour of her body, green and yellow brush strokes. The upper half of the composition has orange horizontal bar with two feet high. Above the bar background in shades of white, yellow and green with visible brush strokes, embossed, forming grooves and yellow sun at the upper left corner.

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  • Title: Pregnant 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: 1958
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w90 x h160cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:mulatto, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1864
  • Notes: When visited by the Portinari Project in 1979, the work was signed and dated at bottom left "PORTINARI-58"; both were subsequently erased.
  • Inscription: On reverse, stamps "MINISTÉRIO DA EDUCAÇÃO E CULTURA – MUSEU NACIONAL DE BELAS ARTES – AUTORIZO O EMBARQUE Geraldo [illegible] Rio de Janeiro – BRASIL” and "SERVIÇO [illegible] FAZENDA [illegible] DO RIO DE JANEIRO”; labels "NAME DATE PORTINARI LOT. Nº REMARKS R ? 62x34 1/2”, "Fink Lote desp nº 4 Rio” and "Fink Lote desp cx nº 6 São Paulo”; inscriptions "60/151”, "nº 105”, "56”, "150” and "25” [except for no. 56, numbers are scratched out].
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4336
Projeto Portinari

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