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Composition unidentified tones. Contour lines and shading. It depicts couple embraced in the center of the composition. The figures are seated, the front man and the woman back, seem to wear long clothing and are barefoot. The man is on the left, slightly off to the right, suggested facial features seen on the left and covered up by shading on the right. Sitting on his lap, woman facing him, hugging him at the shoulders. Background flat, covering shaded portion of FIGS.

Details

  • Title: Couple in Embrace
  • 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: 1940
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:couple
  • Technique: medium unidentified
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4577
  • Function: Illustration for the poem “Auto-análise,” from the book “A mulher ausente,” by Adalgisa Nery
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1167

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