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Woman Going to Slum

Candido Portinari1948

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and dashed. Composition representing woman with tin of water on the head and slum in the background. The woman is on her back, can head, holding with both hands and wears dark dress marking the buttocks. At the bottom on the right, slum suggestion hill, seeing there are several scattered shacks; on the left, another figure outline leading tin head.

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  • Title: Woman Going to Slum
  • 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: 1948
  • Physical Dimensions: w27.5 x h21cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:shanty town, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4356
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Shantytown” [FCO 4464]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2691
Projeto Portinari

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