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Head of Young Woman
Candido Portinari1948
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Fast contour lines and tangled lines. Composition representing girl's head, occupying the central area of the support against a plain background. The figure is in profile to the left, has short hair suggested by tangled lines, broad forehead, snub-nosed, big and eye-popping eye, lips closed and short chin. It has defined and neck lines marking the beginning of clothing.
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Details
- Title: Head of Young Woman
- 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: 1948
- Location Created: Cataguases, Minas Gerais, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w30 x h27.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:girl, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: fountain pen
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 3979
- Notes: Work executed on back of flyleaf of a copy of the book "Maria Rosa," by Vera Kelsey [LVI 17.1].
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom right corner "Para o amigo Francisco Peixoto filho com o abraço de Portinari Cataguazes 1948”
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2743
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