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Title
Mother Courage
Description
Composition in black and white. Sketch lines and shading. Figure of woman leaning over dead child occupying almost the entire stand area. The woman is sitting on the floor, front, head, holding in her arms dead child, his head to the left and legs to the right. Has indicated facial features, skeletal body with fallen on the right arm, bent legs with bare feet on the floor.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
SketchArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Sketch for the panel War [FCO 3799]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
lead pencilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Notes Collection
Reny Golcman, to whom the artist gave the work as a gift, was among the students from the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes who visited Portinari in 1955 as he painted the panels War [FCO 3799] and Peace [FCO 3798].
Height
12
Width
10
Dimension Notes
precisão: aproximadas
Annotation
Signed at bottom left edge "Portinari". Undated
Annotation Others
On back of frame, label "Ao Colarinho de Madeira – Quadros, Molduras, Gravuras, Esterilização, Plastificação Inscrição 108.362.402 C.G.C. 62.801.618/001 Rua Padre João Manoel, 795 S.Paulo”.
