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Taming the Forest
Candido Portinari1941
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and light shading. man study lying on the floor perpendicular to the support, feet back and head forward; hands resting on the floor with raised elbows and face pressed against the floor as if you were kissing him. The figure suggests be using pants and short-sleeved shirt.
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Details
- Title: Taming the Forest
- 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: 1941
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w45 x h55cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:man
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 401
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 356” and "Nº 501”.
- Function: Study for the mural painting Taming the Forest [FCO 3766]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1481
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