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Women with Rope

Candido Portinari1939

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue tones, rose, earthy, gray, ochre, black and white. Smooth, rough and marked brushstrokes. Two mulatto embraced with the bottom rope loop, as if by being loops. On the left woman standing in profile to the right and head almost facing. wears white handkerchief covering the short, black hair; He has indicated eyes, broad nose, thick lips and closed, wide neck with two wrinkles indicated by horizontal lines. Has flexed on the right arm and is hand in hand with the other mulatto. wear blue dress, sleeveless, has the prominent buttocks, leg more advanced on the right to the left and barefoot. To the right of the composition, another mulatto, standing, three quarters turned to the left, has black hair, pixains, semi-long, indicated eyes, broad nose, thick lips closed and thick neck. You have the on the right arm over the shoulder of another mulatto and the on the left bent with significantly large hand, given the other woman. wear long sleeve dress in tones rose, she has her legs spread and bare feet. Behind them, string tie with knot on the right of the composition of which falls the tip. Floor represented by spots on earthy tones, ochre (support) and gray, where you see to the left the representation of a long, thin cactus-six stones. The dividing line with the fund is not well demarcated, which is represented by blue spots of various shades.

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  • Title: Women with Rope
  • 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: 1939
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w60.5 x h73cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group:women, diverse:recurring elements:rope
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2371
  • Inscription: On back of frame, label "THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 15 LATIN AMERICAN PAINTERS ARTIST: PORTINARI TITLE: TWO WOMEN WITH A ROPE, oil in canvas CIRCULATION EXBITION – nº MUSEUM nº 43.1349”; torn label "BRACE 2 BRACE INC 1952 BOX-3-B 24 x 29”.. On reverse, barely legible inscription "(Projetor Florence Horn Ritzer (Dauhest Chs)”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1027
Projeto Portinari

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