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Three Mulatto Women

Candido Portinari1940

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and quick strokes. Three heads of black women occupying the entire area of ​​the composition. In the center, facing bust of woman, her head turned to the right 3/4, short and curly hair, big eyes, straight nose represented by trace vertically and the other horizontally, thick lips and on the left hand on his face. Behind the shoulder of this figure and the on the left, a woman's head in front, leaning to the left, finding himself part of the hair, on the left eye, nose and mouth; in the upper on the right corner, profile figure to the left, with its head cut off by the top and on the right of the support.

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  • Title: Three Mulatto Women
  • 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: 1940
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w15 x h20.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, human figure:group:women
  • Technique: dry point
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 869
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1298
Projeto Portinari

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