General Info
Title
Portrait of Lucy de Araújo Lima
Description
Composition in black tones, gray, blue, earthy, ochre, rose and red. Smooth, broad strokes and transparencies. Figure of a woman against dark background. The pictured is sitting, 3/4 toward the on the right. It has smooth and short black hair covering the ears, high forehead, thin eyebrows arched, large almond-shaped eyes, long thin nose, the protruding cheekbones and rosy, thin and closed red lips, thin oval face, long neck. Dress-neck "U" revealing part of the neck with soap dishes suggestion, the top being up to the height of breasts represented in navy blue and the bottom in gray, with diamond gray skirted blue center between breasts and below these. Arms cut along the body at the wrists by the lower edge of the support. Behind the figure, on the left and on the right abutment suggestion. At the bottom, on the right, curtain folds. Dark background in black and earthy.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
About
About Person
Lucy de Araújo LimaPerson
Support and Technique
Collection
Collection
Banco das Artes LeilõesCollection
Dimensions
Height (cm)
82
Width (cm)
66
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right edge "PORTINARI 933"
Relations
Related Document8
Related Event4
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