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Washerwoman
Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, white and blue tones. Sketch lines. Laundress with boy at his side occupying the entire stand area. The figure center woman leaning on a board supported a barrel washing clothes. His head bent forward with hair covering her face. On the left, boyish figure standing in front. In the background, some jagged lines.
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Details
- Title: Washerwoman
- 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: 1944
- Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w14 x h20cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:working scenes:washing clothes, social:workers:washerwoman, human figure:child, human figure:woman
- Technique: fountain pen, colored pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 595
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 83” and "Nº 706”.
- Function: Sketch for the painting Washerwomen [FCO 1452]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2062
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