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Head
Candido Portinari1935
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in green, black, ochre and red ochre tones. Slightly rough texture. Woman's head with deliberate expressive deformation occupying almost the entire area of support. The face is round shape, it is slightly tilted to the right, oversized black eyes, black eyebrows also well-marked, almost no forehead, large nose and full lips slightly crooked. Black hair appear below the ears and a little fringe. Rings red ochre cheeks and the mouth. Wide neck and green background.
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Details
- Title: Head
- 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: 1935
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w46 x h55cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
- Technique: oil
- Signature: Signed and dated in top left corner "PORTINARI 935"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 1450
- Inscription: On reverse, inscription "100”. On stretcher, stamp "RALPH OGRAMAC R & R CAMARGO ARTE”. On back of frame, label "Candido Portinari – Cabeça de criança óleo/tela – 46 x 55 1933 – Ass. Reproduzido no livro de Rockwell Kent, intitulado ‘Portinari, his life and art’. Publicado no Daily News, em 1º de março de 1940. Publicado na seção ‘Spot-light’ da revista Vogue, em 1º de outubro de 1940. Publicado na revista GAM, de janeiro de 1967. Fez parte da exposição do Museum of Modern Art, New York, em outubro de 1940, quando foi adquirido por Helena Rubinstein”.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-553
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