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Title
Woman and Children in the Slum
Description
Composition in red ochre, white, black and blue. Contour lines and fast. It depicts woman and girls on a hill. In the foreground, on the right of center, girl standing in front, turned slightly to the left, with short hair and pixains represented facial features, seemingly with his on the left arm leaning on the woman standing behind her. The woman is tall, almost occupies the entire height of the support, is back, turned to the right with the folded on the right arm over his face and legs apart. She has bulky body, short hair and wears dress below the knee stuck in the body, lightly sprinkled with blue dots. In the background, on the left, young girl from the front, with the head turned to the left, on the right arm along the body and bent on the right over his head; she has represented facial features and wears dress stuck in the body with some red ochre dots and beside her a box on the ground, the length to the bottom. On the right, girl front view on the portal of a house. On the left, coconut; and about on the right and on the left, at the base of a mountain with vegetation and some construction. Clear sky area.
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
Related Event
3
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Art Form
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paperArtworkSurfaceType
Height
65
Width
50
Annotation
Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 1940"
Annotation Exhibition
On reverse, label "SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART – EXHIBITION: 15 Latin American Painters Artist: Portinari Title: Woman and Children oil on paper mounted on board 25 x 21 1940 Nº 3036.46 Date in: 7/14/46 Lender: John Morse”.
