FCO-975 - Girl with Braids and Bows | Artwork

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Title

Girl with Braids and Bows

Description

Composition in yellow, blue, red, earthy, black and green tones. Contour lines and shading. Bust of a girl against blue background, occupying almost the entire support area. The girl faces forward, has a round face, dark hair in braids, falling to shoulder height with loops at the ends and a bow also high on the head. Narrow forehead, thin eyebrows and straight, big, round eyes facing forward, long, narrow nose, thick lips parted, small, square chin. Thin neck showing the beginning of yellow clothes, V-neck, and collar with details in red and green.

Location Created

BrazilRio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroPlace

Author

Candido PortinariPerson

Themes

Human FigurechildgirlSubject

Human FigurelimbsheadSubject

Related Event

Related Document19

Art Form

DrawingArtFormType

Art Medium

lead pencilArtMediumType

crayonArtMediumType

colored pencilArtMediumType

Artwork Surface

paperArtworkSurfaceType

DN Number

Notes Collection

Ambassador and Ambassadress Shaltiel, to whom the artist gave the work as a gift, were Israeli diplomats serving in Brazil in the 1950s when they befriended the artist.

Height

34.5

Width

Dimension Notes

precisão: aproximadas

Annotation Author

Signed and dated in dedication at bottom edge "Para os amigos: Embaixatriz e Embaixador Shaltiel, lembrança afetuosa de Portinari XII 55”