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Title
Women Crying
Description
Composition in black tones, red ochre, blue and white. Contour lines, dotted and colored areas. Composition representing several studies of women crying and feet spread over the support. In the center of the area of the composition, backs woman, kneeling, with the upper body leaning forward and holding in his arms dead child, who has fallen head on the right. More to the right and on a larger scale, another study backs woman, kneeling; this one does not see the dead child. They see themselves and the soles of the feet, which are enhanced by including points in red. Also in this region of the support, more down, isolated study on the right foot sole and outline of another foot, seeing mainly the toes. In the top half of the support, two scratchings, the on the left suggesting squalid child bust and probably dead.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
StudyArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Study for the painting Kneeling Woman with Dead Son [FCO 3809]
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
32
Width
25
Annotation
Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari"
Annotation Author
Dated in inscription at top left "guerra IV 55”
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Est. para a Guerra Nº 503”.
