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The Mothers’ Wrath

Candido Portinari1942

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and quick strokes. It depicts wrath of mothers, where you see women, children, objects and animals, represented with deliberate significant deformation. On the right woman turned to the left with the on the right arm raised and the other out of the same side, at the height of breasts, suggested facial features, esvoaçados hair, drooping breasts and lower body undefined. At the bottom circle appearing to contain within a body. On the right side parts that appear to be bodies of children and, above, the head of a child and another horizontally, his body arched, as if he holds it up by the arms of the previous child. On the left, an animal that looks like an eagle, as if dressed, with his on the left arm stretched to the right. Below the animal, three circles. The first from the left to the right, is in undefined objects, the second one upside down and the third, a cart wheel or a bicycle. At the top, an umbrella, with oval shape in the cable. Background with buildings suggestion.

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  • Title: The Mothers’ Wrath
  • 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: 1942
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w28 x h19cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: religious:religious scenes:mothers' wrath, human figure:child, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 44"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4424
  • Notes: Work signed and dated later.
  • Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist.
  • Function: Study for the panel “The Last Bulwark” [FCO 2736]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1738
Projeto Portinari

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