Composition

Candido Portinari1946

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Sinuous lines and straight. Shaded obtained by tangled and intersecting lines more or less close. Composition with non-figurative forms irregular, jutting one amoeboid clearly the on the right. Straight and sinuous lines together occupy part of the composition and wider sinuous lines seem to wrap it.

Details

Title: Composition
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: 1946
Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Physical Dimensions: w21 x h21cm without frame
Provenance: João Candido Portinari
Rights: João Candido Portinari
External Link: Projeto Portinari
Theme: non-figurative
Technique: India ink pen
Signature: Unsigned and undated
Painter: Candido Portinari
Number: FCO 777
Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 633”.
Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2508

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