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Dead Man
Candido Portinari1958
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Sketch lines. It depicts a dead man and a woman separated by a vertical line. On the left man stretched on the floor with feet forward and head back, on the left to the right diagonal, surrounded by three figures just outlined. On the right woman standing with her back, with long hair and arms bent at face level.
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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: 1958
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w24.5 x h16.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:death, human figure:woman
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left edge "Portinari*". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 768
- Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 251” and "Nº 642”.
- Function: Sketch for the painting Preparing Burial in Hammock [FCO 3748]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4343
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