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Title
Negro Women of Bahia
Description
Composition in ochre, white, black, blue and pink tones. Composition with smooth texture. Scene representing women on a hill. The woman in the foreground wears typical Bahian clothing, a white dress with black polka dots and a suggestion of two black lace on the skirt; on the neckline and hem of the skirt, a blue stripe. She wears a white turban and has her back turned. To your left, a blue chest and to your right, a gourd, with both pieces on the floor. In the center of the composition, a larger woman, facing forward, as if with one arm folded above her head. Between the two women, there is a woman on the left, leaning to the right, as if she were stirring a pestle that is on the floor. Further to the left, two women hugging each other, dressed in white, one facing forward and the other slightly in profile to the right. On the right of the composition, woman in front, carrying a rectangular object on her head, holding it with her right hand, her left arm along her body. Suggested facial features, wears a white dress with blue polka dots. On the left, three women in the same alignment toward the bottom, decreasing proportionally. The scene takes place on a hill with earth tones, with a blue sky in the background and a full moon on the left.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Art Form
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Art Medium
oilArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
canvasArtworkSurfaceType
Certificate
1208
Height
60
Width
73
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom left corner "PORTINARI 1940"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, inscriptions "Museum of Modern Art LOAN 40.4193 ARTIST" and "CARNEGIE INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH. PENNSYLVANIA To 'Negro Women of Baia' Oil Painting By Candido Portinari Owned by the artist Catalogue No. 61 Museum of Modern Art No. 40.4193 Portinari No. 22".
