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Virgília

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Winding and intersecting lines. Woman half-bust occupying almost the entire support area against white background. The figure is three quarters turned to the left, has a round face, black hair, smooth and long split in half, broad forehead, slightly arched thin eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes wide apart and fallen, facing left; his nose was not represented, plump thin lips and closed and rounded chin. She has long neck, looking up at the start of lap collar suggesting that pearls or beads.

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  • Title: Virgília
  • 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: 1943
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w13 x h15cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Initialed at bottom right "C.P.". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1261
  • Notes: Support affixed to paper.
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom edge of paper to which work is affixed "Virgilia”
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Virgília” [FCO 4529]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1855
Projeto Portinari

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