Is Part Of
EMPTY LABEL
Title
Head of Mulatto Woman with Blue Background
Description
Composition in ochre, blue, earthy, black, gray and white. Resulting rough texture of the support itself. mulatto head turned to the left 3/4 occupying almost the entire area of the composition against blue background. The figure is shifted to the right area of the composition, it has the long face, leather ochre, long hair hanging down, well-defined wire, broken on the right covering the on the left side of the forehead. They do not seem pixains but wavy. It has large almond-shaped eyes, but the on the right is just bypassed. The on the left is well defined and has black iris. Long nose and wide nostrils, thick lips characteristic of the race, rounded chin, seeing itself of the neck. Strong background in blue tone.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
General Info
This is one of the artists first three mural paintings; see Portrait Bust of Mulatto Woman [FCO 2751] and Profile of Nonna [FCO 2752].
Themes
Related Document29
Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed to decorate a wall in the home of the artists parents, Brodowski, SP. The house where the artists parents lived, along with the work, was expropriated by the São Paulo state government in 1969 and transformed into a museum in 1970
Art Form
Mural paintingArtFormType
Art Medium
frescoArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
combined medium and supportArtworkSurfaceType
Preservation Number
Obra tombada sob o nº 00035.
Collection
Height
42.5
Width
38
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
