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Title
Dead Woman
Description
Composition in black and white. Rapid lines, parallel, intersecting and dashed. It depicts woman dead, lying on the ground and five figures in the background. In the foreground, dead woman, diagonally from the left to the right, front to back, arms outstretched and legs apart; Suggested face with facial features, seeing if fallen hair, on the right; It wears light dress and is barefoot. Behind his on the right shoulder, figure kneeling, front, hands covering his face as if he were crying. Flanking this figure is seen on either side of two men talking. The four have indicated facial features and wear dark suit. In the background, behind the figure crying, dark area vertically suggesting perhaps a door.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event6
Related Document7
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting Cangaceiros and Women [FCO 1846]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Preservation Number
Obra tombada sob o nº 2864.
Collection
Height
21
Width
17
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Nº 411 Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari”.
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscriptions "XXXII” and "TOMBO: 2864 10.000”.
