FCO-3174

Dead WomanStudy

1959

code

FCO-3174

CR Number

4594

dimensions

29.5 x 21.5 cm

Art Form

Drawing

Art Medium

gouachelead pencilIndia ink pen

Artwork Surface

paper
Mentions

EMPTY LABEL

Title
Dead Woman
Description
Composition in black tones, white, gray, green, blue, earthy, rose, yellow and lilac. Upper half graphite with overlapping lines, shadings erased scraped details gouache. Lower half in gouache with contour lines and detail of the ink-pen-tip. Representation It depicts with dead woman indoors. In the foreground, woman lying on the floor with open arms and legs and head turned to the right. It has suggested facial features, face-hued rose and lilac, dark hair, wearing white robe and barefoot. On the figure lying man kneeling with his back and bent. In the background, two kneeling figures forward with hands on her face and little further back, two men standing with their heads down and hands on his face. On the third level, on the left rectangular window with three figures outside; on the right bed with rounded backs. At the bottom, on the right of center, female figure standing in front, wearing a blue dress with the front of a boy with facial features suggested also blue dress.
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the engraving “Dead Woman” [FCO 805]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
gouacheArtMediumType
lead pencilArtMediumType
India ink penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Galeria de Arte Ipanema adquiridaCollection
Height
29.5
Width
21.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari 959"
Annotation Author
Inscription at bottom left "ESTUDO PARA AGUA FORTE”
Annotation Others
On back of frame, label "Contorno obras de arte e molduras Ltda. Rua Haddock Lobo 1544 Fone: 282-8884 São Paulo” and torn label.

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