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Dead Man

Candido Portinari1951

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and blue tones. Sketch lines. It depicts indoors, dead man, one double and two groups of people. In the foreground, on the right, dead man lying on the ground, with his hand woman and man suggest be crying, followed by a group of people that extends to the upper on the right corner. At the bottom on the left, outline of another group of people. In the background, the center figure of a woman and outlaw, as if dancing.

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  • 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: 1951
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w18.5 x h15cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Cangaceiro, social:death, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left edge "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 757
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 205” and "Nº 325”.
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Cangaceiros and Women” [FCO 1846]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3001
Projeto Portinari

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