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Portrait of Maria
Candido Portinari1931
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Sketch lines. Head of Mary occupying almost the entire area of the composition. Elongated face, from the front, slightly turned to the left. Hair semi long without representation eyes pupil and iris, just shaded; long and slender nose, mouth closed and pointed chin. Shadow light touch on the left side of the depicted.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Maria
- 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: 1931
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w18.2 x h25cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: portrait:the artist's family:wife, human figure:woman
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 443
- Notes: Work executed on back of a reproduction of a work by painter El Greco.
- Function: Study for the drawing Portrait of Maria [FCO 1158]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-211
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