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City Annihilated

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Sketch lines and shading. On top of the support, layout containing the author's name and the title of the book. At the bottom, male head occupying the entire area delineated by four lines forming a square. The head is turned to the left 3/4 with his hand over his eyes as if looking in the distance. wears wide-brimmed hat, has outlined physiognomic traits. In the background, on the left, cue some figures.

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  • Title: City Annihilated
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1954
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w19 x h29cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: historical themes:characters:explorers, human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1567
  • Inscription: Inscriptions, in top half, "ANTONIO CALLADO” and "A CIDADE ASSASSINADA”
  • Function: Study for the drawing “City Annihilated” [FCO 2699]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3357
Projeto Portinari

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