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Dead Man

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition unidentified tones. Texture unidentified. It depicts dead man, taking up the entire support height. The man is lying in perspective from the front to the back, feet forward, finding himself the sole thereof, and the head to the bottom, turned to the left, on the right arm bent over the trunk and on the left stretched over body. He's with the naked torso and belly covered with a cloth down. Seeing himself prominent navel and belly. Might and dark background.

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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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w105 x h165cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:war, social:death, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signature? Date?
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5161
  • Notes: Support is waterproofed plywood made of cedar from a ship.
  • Function: Small-scale color sketch for the panel “War” [FCO 3799].
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3592
Projeto Portinari

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