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Abstract

Candido Portinari1954

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, areas of light and dark, winding light lines. Not figurative composition with amoeboid shapes defined by contour lines bordering areas of chiaroscuro, worked by light sinuous lines, forming tangles.

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  • Title: Abstract
  • 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: w27 x h14cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: non-figurative
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left edge "Portinari*"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 680
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 268” and "Nº 878”.
  • Function: Study for the painting “Abstract” [FCO 914]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3349
Projeto Portinari

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