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Composition in black and brown. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. Study two feet barefoot man cut and pasted on cardboard, side by side, suggesting that the figure was walking. The on the right foot is slightly front facing left, looking to represented leg to below the knee. The on the left foot is 3/4 facing right, has his fingers on the floor and heel in the air, seeing of the ankle.
Details
- Title: Feet
- 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: 1938
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w82 x h71cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:workers, human figure:limbs:foot
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 973
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Function: Fragment of the cartoon �Brazilwood� [FCO 5333]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-828
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