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Title
Woman with Dead Son
Description
Composition in blue tones, violet, lilac, green, gray and black. Smooth texture in the background and with thick strokes marked in the figures. Mother with dead son on her lap occupying almost the entire area of support. The figures are represented by significant deformation emphasizing the dramatic It depicts. The woman is sitting on the legs and curved forward with his head down on the dead child in her lap. See a part of the curved back and long straight black hair fallen over the lifeless body that sustains us arms. Dressed in violet and blue tones with marked strokes defining texture. The child is lying with his head to the left and on the right legs fallen; fallen head back, on the right arm resting on the floor and legs bent at the knees. Ground smooth gray tones in lilac and dark blue background having high and to the right a circle contrasting greenish-blue. The arms that surround it and your body are represented in greenish and lilac tones.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Function
Artwork Function
Small-scale color sketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Small-scale color sketch for the panel War [FCO 3799]
Support and Technique
Authenticity
Certificate
1735
Dimensions
Height (cm)
158
Width (cm)
118
Signature and annotation
Annotation
Signed and dated at right edge "PORTINARI 56-58 [sic]"
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscription "CANDIDO PORTINARI 3ª BIENAL DE SÃO PAULO”.
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Notes Date
Although dated 1956-1958, the work was completed in 1955, when it was shown at an exhibition.
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