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Three Women Crying

Candido Portinari1947

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines. It depicts three women heads crying in perspective from the right to on the left and front to back. Women are profile to the left, have defined facial features and are with stone tears out of the eyes. The first figure is the lowest face, long wavy hair, nose and thin chin the second figure has the long face and the third had a face slightly less than the center. Four parallel lines leave the bottom on the left and follow to the chin of the last figure.

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  • Title: Three Women Crying
  • 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: 1947
  • Physical Dimensions: w15 x h21cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group:women, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: fountain pen
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5048
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom half "Para M.E. Morales de los Rios. Portinari Montevideo 1947”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2619
Projeto Portinari

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