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Women

Candido Portinari1939

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, orange, ochre, gray, black and brown. Contour lines and shading. It depicts group of women sitting inside a circle with sinuous line that surrounds it. The bodies of the figures are divided vertically, on light and dark areas, suggesting shadows. On the left, fat woman from the front, sitting on low rectangular box, hands on knees, represented facial features, dress at the knees and bare feet, has dark area on the right side of the body. On the right, sitting with her back woman next to a chest. Further back, in the center of the composition, between the two women, front woman, suggested facial features, sketched body. Behind these women, more sketched figures which blend with irregular shapes that surround the group.

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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: w39 x h32cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group:women, diverse:recurring elements:trunk
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "PORTINARI". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4242
  • Inscription: Dedication in bottom right corner "Para J[ilegível] com o abraço 194(?) do Portinari"
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1041
Projeto Portinari

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