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Woman with Dead Son
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, straight, shaved strokes. Representing drawing woman sitting on the floor 3/4 to on the right, with legs straight, head forward, face covered with long, straight hair. Safe in the arms dead child with head and legs on the left to the right, looking up the soles of bare feet.
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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: w18 x h18cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:death, human figure:child:boy, human figure:woman
- Technique: lead pencil , India ink pen
- Signature: Signed at bottom left "Portinari"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 299
- Inscription: Dated in inscription at bottom left "guerra O.N.U. 55”. On reverse, rough sketch of animals possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 387” and "Nº 779”.
- Function: Study for the panel War [FCO 3799]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3535
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