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Don Quixote
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Sketch lines, quick strokes. Representative bust D. Quixote against a plain background. The figure is from the front, has long, thin face, wide-brimmed hat, drooping eyebrows, round eyes, long nose, thick mustache, goatee and long neck. wear kind of equipment with protruding shoulders.
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Details
- Title: Don Quixote
- 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: w10 x h12cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:man, diverse:literary character:D. Quixote
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 3085
- Inscription: On back of frame, label "Ao Colarinho de Madeira Quadros, Molduras, Gravuras, Esterilização, Plastificação Inscrição 108.362.402 C.G.C. 62.0801.618/001 Rua Padre João Manoel 795 S.Paulo”.
- Function: Sketch. Reny Golcman, to whom the artist gave the work as a gift, was among the students from the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes who visited Portinari in 1955 as he painted the panels War [FCO 3799] and Peace [FCO 3798].. Don Quixote Series
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3715
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