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Self-Portrait

Candido Portinari1957-06

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Self-portrait of the artist, against plain background. The depicted faces, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the support. It has a round face, hair slicked back with tuft on the left, broad forehead creased, short eyebrows, turned round eyes forward, perceived behind the lenses of wire-rimmed glasses, long nose, thin lips and closed and chin rounded to the pit in the center.

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  • Title: Self-Portrait
  • 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: 1957-06
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17 x h23cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:self-portrait
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3721
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom right corner "Para o querido Eugenio, com o abraço fraternal, Portinari Rio VI 957”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4258
Projeto Portinari

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