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God Knows What He is Doing!

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Intersecting lines, broken lines, dark spots and areas. Composition representing couple, face to face, sitting at a table covered with checkered tablecloth. On the left back man, 3/4 facing right, sitting in high-backed chair suggesting that the straw. The figure is seen above the back of the head and part of the profile, it is with the bent arm on the table. To the right of the composition, slightly to the background, woman with face turned up, only bypassed if seeing clearly the on the left eye. It has both folded and resting arms on the table and that the on the left is more stretched with the next hand to the man's on the right hand. On the table in the center, we see a bottle. Background with dark and light areas and irregular an oval shape to the center which could suggest some kind of enlightenment.

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  • Title: God Knows What He is Doing!
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h12cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:couple, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1286
  • Function: Illustration no. 3 for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2198
Projeto Portinari

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