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Composition with Face

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, intersecting, straight and winding. Not figurative composition looking up at the center, man's face. Winding and intersecting lines forming areas suggesting network and tangles form the background against which we see 3/4 man face to the left; the hairs are not visible, the forehead is marked, the eyebrows are thick and tangled, eyes are very wide facing left, coarse nose, thin lips parted and covered chin by the on the left hand of the figure that appears to be serving to support the head . Hand sees the thumb, index and middle ends and void. To the right of the composition, the center sees an open on the right eye facing forward.

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  • Title: Composition with Face
  • 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: w20.5 x h17cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head, non-figurative
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 944"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1283
  • Function: Illustration for cover of the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2191
Projeto Portinari

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