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Title
Woman and Child
Description
Composition in black shades, blue, red ochre and white. Contour lines and intersecting lines. Composition representing woman with the dead child in her arms, occupying almost the entire support area against plain background. Woman is kneeling on the right leg, from the front, with the profile head to the left. It has straight black hair, long, tangled and face revealing anguished expression. wear long dress sleeves in blue and white tones and are barefoot. Safe in his arms, as if protecting naked child, squalid, who is with the head resting on his on the right shoulder and bent and fallen legs.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
Related Document6
Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the panel War [FCO 3799]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Support affixed to cardboard.
Previous Collection
Mary-Anne Martin Fine ArtCollection
Height
41
Width
23.5
Annotation
Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 55"
Annotation Author
Inscription at bottom right "guerra O.N.U.”
