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Composition in ochre, gray, earthy, white, blue, black and green. Rough texture. Group composed of sitting woman, girls standing and crawling baby in arid lanscape. In the center, black woman sitting in the back ground with the trunk facing 3/4 on the left. She has long black hair, on the left arm raised. wears sleeveless dress glued to the body, highlighting the massive buttocks. On the left, baby also black, naked, crawling toward the neck of the woman. On the left, little further back, girl running profile to the right, with his face forward, using long sleeve dress. To the right, another girl standing facing, head tilted to the left, on the right arm bent in front of him and the fallen and on the left legs apart, wearing sleeveless dress short. Ground floor with scattered groups of stones; near the baby, to the left, a blue gourd and on the left and on the right, three pitas in perspective for background. Gray sky with darker areas near the figures.

Details

  • Title: Three Women and Boy
  • 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: 1939
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w46 x h38cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:mulatto, human figure:child, human figure:group:women, diverse:recurring elements:gourd
  • Technique: oil and sand
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right edge "PORTINARI 939"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1646
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1029

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