EMPTY LABEL
Title
Woman with Chest
Description
Composition in blue tones, gray, rose, ochre, red, black, yellow and white. Rough and smooth texture, marked brushstrokes, spatula use, "sgraffito". Composition representing mulatto with chest on the head against background in blue tones, white and gray with touches of green. The mulatto faces, half-length, with nearly profile face to the left and small chest on his head. The chest is rose and red ochre with scratches in blue and red ochre. Between the chest and the head, floppy suggestion woven straw. The mulatto's hair is black and long, fluttering on the right on his back. Note the wear of the technique of "sgraffito" in the treatment of hair. The eyebrows are thick, thick, oversized and bulging eye, coarse nose, red-lipped, sharp cheekbone in red. It wears red earring drop-shaped dress and had taken that fall into ochre-red. It has the face and the on the right arm in shades of gray, rose, white and yellow. Breasts, stomach and on the left arm are represented by thick strokes in white and rose. The on the right arm is raised, with hand holding the chest, on the left arm falls along the body. Background in blue, gray, white and green.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
447
Previous Collection
Petite GalerieCollection
Height
35
Width
28
Annotation
Stamped signature in bottom right corner "PORTINARI*". Undated
Annotation Others
On reverse, label "LEILÃO”. On stretcher, inscription "PORTINARI”.
