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Dead Man
Candido Portinari1959
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, strong lines, shaded and deleted. Composition representing a group of adults and children crying near dead person. On the left, the dead wrapped in cloths seeing only feet diagonally to the bottom. Immediately behind, in the center of the composition, of six group being a kneeling and the other standing: all figures are squalid and are crying in sadness attitude. In the background, representation of vegetation.
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Details
- Title: Dead Man
- 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: 1959
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w16.5 x h26cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:death, human figure:child, human figure:group, human figure:woman
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 59"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 3041
- Inscription: Inscription at bottom right "ESTUDO PARA AGUA FORTE”
- Function: Study for the engraving Dead Man [FCO 823]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4633
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