EMPTY LABEL
Title
Washerwomen
Description
Composition in ochre, blue, gray, black and rose. Rough texture. Two black women, a basket and pestle against background that suggests that a street corner. Both are standing and depicted with arms and legs bulky. The on the left faces, 3/4 toward the on the right, with legs apart and your on the right foot in, on the right arm along the body and cross on the left in front of the chest, without representation of hair and poorly defined facial features. wear blue dress with black polka dots and darker brush strokes in some areas, half sleeve and below the knees. The on the right is in profile to the left, with the on the left foot forward, as if walking toward the other figure. Has black, long, curly hair, characteristic features of the black race, prominently on the upper lip, on the left arm along the body with a fist holding what appears to be a key. wears ochre dress with black polka dots, half sleeve and below the knees. Between the two figures in the ground, a round basket empty. In the background, on the right, part of a door grilles. In the background, in the center of the composition, an angle that it suggests that a corner. The rest of the bottom there is little areas of contrasting color as if they were stains.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event5
Related Document9
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
oil and sandArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Height
38
Width
46
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 1939"
Annotation Exhibition
On stretcher, illegible label from Galerie Charpentier.
