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Title
Girl with Dog
Description
Composition in tones earthy, green, black and gray. Contour lines, and dotted blurred spots. Composition representing girl sitting on the grass with dog occupying almost the entire area of the composition. The dog is lying with the profile body to the right, the head turned to the left 3/4. The dog is big, clear with round spots on earthy tones; has eye, ear and nose indicated. To the right of the center, behind the dog, girl down with the back body slightly to the left and fallen head on the right. The girl has dark curly hair, tie suggestion on top of the head, round eyes, suggested nose, lips closed and well rounded face. The girl is with the raised on the right hand and the on the left in the back of the dog. wears dressed in gray tones and you can not see your legs hidden by the dog. On the floor, blurs, dashes and dots suggest low grass. In the center of the composition, in front of the dog, quadrangular area as well as in the lower on the right corner.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
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Art Form
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Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to wood.
Height
62.5
Width
50.5
Annotation Author
Signed and dated in dedication in bottom left corner "Para meu amigo Wheeler, com todos meus agradecimentos Portinari 940”
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, labels "San Francisco Museum Art Exhibition 15 Latin American Painters Artist Portinari Title girl and Dog 24 x 19 oil on paper nº 3050.46 Date in 7/7/46 Leder Museum of Modern Art Address”, "The Museum of Modern Art 11 west 53rd Street New York 15 Latin American Painters Artist Portinari Title Girl and Dog, oil on paper circulating exhibition nº 24 x 19 1940 Museum nº 45.868” and "Museum of Modern Art Loan 45.868 Wheeler”.
