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Maria Rosa

Candido Portinari1941

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue, red, yellow, black and white tones. Shaded setting volume . Maria Rosa sitting on a bed in a room with an open window. The bed is in the center of the composition with the head to the left; the girl is sitting on the bed resting on a pillow, has legs covered by sheet or a small dot patterned blanket , her head is turned slightly backward looking toward a window that is in the back of the room, through which a sun up in the sky can be seen. The walls of the room are covered with painted paper with dots and suggestion of leaves. On the floor near the foot of the bed, a blue horse toy with a sort of long rope. To the side of the bed, a pair of slippers.

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  • Title: Maria Rosa
  • 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: 1941
  • Physical Dimensions: w28.5 x h25cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl
  • Technique: gouache , India ink brush
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom left corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1384
  • Function: Illustrations no. 3 and no. 22 for the book “Maria Rosa,” by Vera Kelsey
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1502
Projeto Portinari

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