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Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts woman with dead child in her arms, occupying the entire stand area. The woman is kneeling, her head and legs facing right and the body forward. The on the right knee is resting on the floor and folded foot; the on the left leg is bent with the foot. Coke hair pulled to the right by making a cone; long face, with dark shadow area vertically, represented facial features and overly long neck. He is holding hands at the neck and long arms flexed among which carries dead child squalid. The child is with the head to the right, move back and legs fallen down the on the left, and the two arms drooping forward. The women's clothing is represented with geometric shapes and lines in various directions, seeing is sharp straight lines parallel to the left. Background in light and dark tones with irregular geometric shapes in the upper half, they are filled with parallel lines.

Details

  • Title: Woman with Dead Son
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w114 x h165cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:war, social:death, human figure:child:boy, human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signature? Date?
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4434
  • Notes: Support is waterproofed plywood made of cedar from a ship.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “War” [FCO 3799].
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3540

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