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Title
Women
Description
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, straight, tangled and shaded. Composition representing a woman's head in the foreground and the background in more arid lanscape, three women standing walking. In the foreground, on the right, woman's head, 3/4 turned to the left, has an oval face, dark hair divided in half and full at the tips, narrow creased forehead, arched eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes dark area represented by suggesting they were leaked, hooked nose, thick lips closed and narrow chin, prominent; on the left cheek sees even a small round sign. The head sprouting suggests be ground with the neck, which is narrow and short, as a base. On the left, along the side edge of the support, is seen part of an agave. In the background, on the left, woman, standing, front, walking; has robust body, face suggested facial features and arms along the body. To the right of center, above the head of the foreground woman, contour lines representing closed thick lips and bow on the right cheek of a face; and more to the right, a tree trunk. In the background, on the left, two more women in the same position that you are in the background suggesting are queued in perspective for background, these two, more than the first, suggests being naked. In the background, the skyline, looking up some clouds in the sky and on the right, on the left ear representation as if resting on the ground.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Document
2
Art Form
DrawingArtFormType
Art Medium
India ink brushArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
paperArtworkSurfaceType
DN Number
499
Height
14
Width
14
Annotation
Initialed at bottom left "C.P.". Undated
Annotation Author
null
Annotation Family
On reverse, inscriptions by Maria Portinari "Desenho de autoria de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari” and "DN 499”.
