FCO-4242

Women

c.1939

code

FCO-4242

CR Number

1041

dimensions

32 x 39 cm

Art Form

Drawing

Art Medium

watercolorlead pencilIndia ink brush

Artwork Surface

paper

EMPTY LABEL

Title
Women
Description
Composition in green tones, orange, ochre, gray, black and brown. Contour lines and shading. It depicts group of women sitting inside a circle with sinuous line that surrounds it. The bodies of the figures are divided vertically, on light and dark areas, suggesting shadows. On the left, fat woman from the front, sitting on low rectangular box, hands on knees, represented facial features, dress at the knees and bare feet, has dark area on the right side of the body. On the right, sitting with her back woman next to a chest. Further back, in the center of the composition, between the two women, front woman, suggested facial features, sketched body. Behind these women, more sketched figures which blend with irregular shapes that surround the group.
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
watercolorArtMediumType
lead pencilArtMediumType
India ink brushArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
985
Height
32
Width
39
Annotation
Signed at bottom right "PORTINARI". Undated
Annotation Author
Dedication in bottom right corner "Para J[ilegível] com o abraço 194(?) do Portinari"

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