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Title
Mother with Cat
Description
Composition in gray tones, earthy, rose, green, orange, ochre, white, black, blue and yellow. Smooth texture, expressed in some areas of the figure and marked brushstrokes. Female representation standing with child on her lap, cat and stool against gray background. The woman at the center and taking up the entire height of the train in front. Figure dingy, showing significant deformation and expression of sadness. It orange shades cloth covering the head, facial features represented, on the right arm along the body and the on the left supporting a seated child in his waist. Megs spread and bare feet. wears geometrized dressed in white, gray and earthy tones. The child on your lap is back and naked, has short, dark hair and is quite thin. Woman Behind the square stool with straight legs and seat straw on the left, dark cat, head to head with round eyes and tail up. Floor on earthy and background colors in gray tones with strokes marked in semicircular motion. Two narrow bands intersect the on the right and another wider in the center, behind the trunk of the woman.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
12
Related Document
6
Art Form
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Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Previous Collection
Height
153.5
Width
83.5
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "PORTINARI 59"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, stamp "Ministério da Educação e Cultura Museu Nacional de Belas Artes [illegible] o embarque Geraldo [illegible] Rio de Janeiro Brasil”; round stamp "[Ser]viço de exportação” [initialed]; label "Galeria Bonino Rio de Janeiro Barata Ribeiro – 578 – Buenos Aires, Maipu 962 – T. 312527. GB nº 15 autor Candido Portinari titulo Mãe com Gato medida 081 x 151 Procedência Atelier do artista – Notas várias óleo”; inscription "mGO/151 nº 106”. On back of frame, inscriptions "118”, "1,18”, "118”, "123”, "188”, "118” and "183”.
