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Couple
Candido Portinari1934
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Double representation, the woman sitting on the lap of the man, taking up almost the entire area of support. Man sitting on a bench in front with a woman sitting in profile to the right, on his legs. They teem marked facial features and bulky bodies. The woman has long hair and wears print dress balls. Some clouds in the sky on the right.
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Details
- Title: Couple
- 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: 1934
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w13 x h12.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:couple, human figure:man, human figure:woman
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Signed in bottom right corner "CP". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5603
- Inscription: On reverse, inscription "Desenho feito em 1939 por Candido Portinari inspirado no verso de Carlos Drummond de Andrade 'Canção para ninar Mulher"; "Ninar uma Mulher Brejo das Almas p. 78".
- Function: Illustration for cover of the book Brejo das Almas, by Carlos Drummond de Andrade
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-510
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