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Moon

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green, blue, orange, yellow, black and white tones. Smooth texture and contour lines. It depicts a woman with colorful clothes and moon drawn on the front of her shirt. The figure is standing facing forward, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the support. She has short curly black hair with orange ornaments and a face without defined facial features. She wears a shirt with vertical lines, horizontal on the left and plain blue on the right, with waning moon outlined in orange and white tone in the center; transparent ample skirt with lozenges with green tips and center; she is barefoot. She wears a yellow shawl with black spots involving her right arm, the back and ending the left arm is. Plain white background.

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  • Title: Moon
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h25.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:woman
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Initialed at bottom right "CP.". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4994
  • Inscription: Inscription in bottom left corner "Lua”
  • Function: Costume design for the Iara Ballet
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2129
Projeto Portinari

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