Portrait of Maria Coussirat Camargo

"[...] From 1940 is a quintessential demonstration of the graphic work of drawing, with highly accurate portrayal of the psychological features of the sitter. This is a drawing of the model in a traditional pose: hand on chin and cheek, with arms folded. It is a depiction that conveys 'a wide range of feelings: from moral contrition and physical pain to a state of deep and sober meditation and absorbed reflection', forms that impose a sense of melancholy. [...] This is a formal portrait, unlike the casual, momentary observation of the earlier drawing. [...]"
Paulo Gomes, Iberê e seu ateliê: as coisas, as pessoas e os lugares (Porto Alegre: Fundação Iberê Camargo, 2015), 152-153.