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Woman

Candido Portinari1947

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, white, black, gray, ochre and red. Texture unidentified. Woman half-length, represented with deliberate significant deformation. The woman is sitting in front, with his head tilted to the left, on the left hand holding his face, and bent on the right in her lap. She has a round face, small slanted eyes, big nose, round lips, long black hair, falling on both sides to the shoulder, in high volume, taking up almost the entire width of the support, and on the left, falls into front of the body to the waist, covering her on the left breast. On the right side of the body, sagging breasts suggesting contour similar to the contour passing over the on the left arm. Not clothes definition views. Geometrized background with white and blue irregular areas.

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  • Title: Woman
  • 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: 1947
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w80 x h100cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:woman
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 47"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4711
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1677
Projeto Portinari

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