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Women Crying

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts two women crying, with each head above the other, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition against background composed of geometrical areas. Women are with fallen head back. The figure of the lower area of ​​the composition is represented facial features, rounded eyes, lips parted, the labeled chin wears blouse sleeves and the arms is raised with upwards. In his arms, to see the other woman, half body. This figure has suggested eyes from which tears shed stone; elongated nose; thick lips parted and the lower region of the marked chin. wear sleeved clothes, consisting of geometrical areas, which merge with the background.

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  • Title: Women Crying
  • 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: w110 x h160cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:war, human figure:group:women, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5370
  • Function: Study for the panel “War” [FCO 3799].
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3619
Projeto Portinari

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