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Head of Saint Francis
Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, white and gray tones. Predominance of straight and winding contour lines, and watercolor touches. Study head representing San Francisco stylized, in profile to the left, hair with fringe around the head, wide eyes, nose triangle, half-open mouth and beard, is seeing the beginning of the neck, the on the right of the composition. Background in shades of gray.
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Details
- Title: Head of Saint Francis
- 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: 1944
- Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w36 x h48cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: religious:Saints:Saint Francis of Assisi, human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: India ink brush , India ink wash
- Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 184
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 31” and "Nº 383”.
- Function: Study for the tile panel Saint Francis of Assisi [FCO 2474]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2006
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