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Women Drinking

Candido Portinari1933

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and some shaded. Two women drinking, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition. In the center, front woman holding a glass in his on the right hand, sitting between her legs open and stretched, a black woman who is also sitting behind her. The first is represented with coarse facial features. The second has drunken expression on his face, frizzy hair tied in pigtails, also holds a cup in his on the right hand and wears sleeved dress, just the body. Both have deliberate expressive deformation, especially in the hands and feet. At the bottom on the left, species carboy with liquid poured suggestion.

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  • Title: Women Drinking
  • 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: 1933
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w28 x h35cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 529
  • Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 208” and "Nº 324”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-382
Projeto Portinari

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