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Title
Women and Dead Boy
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, overlapping and shaded lines. Composition representing two women kneeling and reclining in the direction of a boy lying on the floor against a plain background. The boy is in agony state, or already dead, lying profile to on the left with fallen head back, suggested facial features, seeing them closed eyes, large nostrils, lips closed; chin and neck indicated by shadows. Your body is excessively thin and is represented by irregular lines, seeing transparency by your muscles and protruding ribs. It is naked, barefoot and has his on the right arm dropped to the ground, a bit away from the body. Behind him, two women kneeling, and the on the left is with the head, has fallen hair back and arms straight, supported on the right figure. This has the long hair fallen forward, seeing a part of your body diagonally, have your arms straight down, holding the baby in her thighs.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting Women Crying and Dead Child [FCO 4266]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
16.3
Width
20.5
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed at bottom left "Portinari"
Annotation Author
Dated in inscriptions at bottom left "guerra IV 55”, "O.N.U.” and "955”
Annotation Others
On back of frame, signature on piece of paper paper "Portinari”.
