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Title
Young Woman Combing Her Hair
Description
Composition in gray tones, orange, rose, blue, green, black and white. Smooth texture, some contour lines in black, transparency effects, cue volumes. Occupying almost the entire area of the composition, bust of a woman against gray background with blue diagonal bar. She is facing, with the head turned to the tall, tilted to the right. He has black hair shoulder length, curly and assembled on the right. The face is round, on the right eyebrow indicated by short dash, black eyes are almond-shaped facial skin is in shades of orange with touches of white on the right cheek and orange with black and white rings on her on the left cheek. Nose is long, lips are thick, long neck orange tone. Dresses with draping tunic, round neckline, wide and long sleeves. On the right hand resting against the chest is excessively large, with fingers closed around comb black and green. Background in shades of gray with blue bar at the top half of the composition.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
6
Related Document
22
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Parke-Bernet GalleriesCollection
Height
72.5
Width
59.5
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Others
On stretcher, label "152168 Henrique C. Guerra”. On reverse, inscription "131”.
Notes
Work originally signed at bottom right edge "PORTINARI 1941" [AFO 506].
