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Title
Profile of Sitting Woman
Description
Composition in black and white. Defining boundary lines and shading setting volumes. Woman sitting study taking up almost the entire support area against white background. The figure is in profile to the right and is sitting on what appears to be a tall box. Have clear hair combed back, stuck in coke and curled bangs up; forehead straight, thin eyebrow, eye facing forward, delicate nose, parted lips and prominent chin. wears short-sleeved dress whose skirt just covers her legs to the ankles and dark closed shoes upper high, thick heels. Her arms are bent forward, parallel, forming an acute angle; open hands and feet parallel. Shaded sharp around your profile and light falling from the right illuminating the figure ahead.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
General Info
The model for this work was Olga Portinari Leão, sister of the artist.
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the mural painting Singing School; not executed
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
charcoalArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
DN Number
524
Height
66
Width
37
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Unsigned
Annotation Author
Dated in inscription in middle of bottom half "croquis Para Escola 4-II-938”
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Nº 233 Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari” and "DN 524”.
