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Profile of a Woman

Artist Cundo Bermudez (Cuban, 1914 - 2008)
Dateca. 1945
MediumGouache on paper
DimensionsUnframed: 26 5/8 × 19 1/2 inches (67.63 × 49.53 cm)
Framed: 34 1/2 × 26 1/2 inches (87.63 × 67.31 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Ethlyne J. Seligman
Object numberF94-11/1
Signedl.r.corner: "Cundo Bermudez"
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DescriptionThe painting depicts a bust portrait of a female figure shown in three-quarter profile. The woman is drawn in bold, simplified blue outlines and her skin is brown with yellow highlights. Linear x-shaped patterns, in a palette of bright yellow, blue, and green surround the figure.
Copyright© Estate of Cundo Bermudez
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