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Women

Candido Portinari1939

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. Two black side by side with children, depicted with deliberate significant deformation. The on the left is sitting on a higher plane than the other, from the front, with the head turned slightly to the left and the on the left hand on chin, looking at boy who is on your on the right standing in profile to the right. The on the right one is sitting on the floor, front, with the head turned slightly to the left, holding in her arms a child who has head turned to the left. Might falling from the left of the composition creating shadows on the right.

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  • Title: Women
  • 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: w15 x h13cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, human figure:child, human figure:group, human figure:woman
  • Technique: zincography
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 841
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1107
Projeto Portinari

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