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Title
Head of Old Woman
Description
Composition in black and white. Sinuous, straight and intersecting contour lines. An old lady's head occupying the center of the support area. She is facing forward, square face, all represented by straight lines intersecting, hair is suggested to be short, broad forehead frown, big round eyes and wide open, broad nose, full closed lips and square chin. Area around her face represented by intersecting lines and, at the bottom of it, sinuous lines suggest leaves Light falling from the center of the composition, illuminates the face of the central area.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink penArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
35
Width
25
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation Author
Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para a querida Lea, com muita amisade [sic] de Portinari Rio, 15-1-961”
