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Title
Sitting Women
Description
Composition in tones earthy, gray, blue, white, black and lilac. Rough texture. Two mulatto - a woman and a girl - with hill and tree trunks in the background. In the foreground, on the left, mulatto woman sitting on the floor 3/4 toward the on the right with the head forward, straight legs and bare feet. Has long hair tied by lilac ribbon ending loop on top of the head, using long dress straps with white and lilac dots. In the background, on the right, squatting girl and forward, hands clasped in her lap, also using white dress with dots and lace high on his forehead. Between the two mulatto, a tree trunk cut and behind them several other whole trees. In the background, representation of a hill.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Art Form
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
181
Height
73.3
Width
93
Annotation
Signed and dated in top right corner "PORTINARI 944"
Annotation Exhibition
On back of frame, label "Carnegie Institute Pittsburgh Pennsylvania to ‘Seatead Women’ Oil Painting by Candido Portinari owned by artist Catalogue Nº 4 Museum of Modern Art Nº 404136. Portinari Nº 57".
