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Figures

Candido Portinari1939

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and ochre. Contour lines and shading. Loose sketches of figures and flowers, occupying the lower half of the support. On the left, loose lines and rectangular outlines above; flower beneath a figure with sinuous lines to the left, looking hair; on the right thin rectangle vertical, with thinned tip under and over two small irregular hexagonal shapes. On the right naked body outline shapes with sharp head represented by a circle, arms behind the hips, breasts and legs suggested. Around the figure, loose flowers and a figure sitting with her head to the right and on the left feet, facing the bottom of the stand.

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  • Title: Figures
  • 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: 1939
  • Physical Dimensions: w21 x h13.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed at bottom left "Candido Portinari" and "Candido" [vertically]
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5422
  • Notes: Work executed on letter from Paulo Rossi Osir [CO 3790].
  • Inscription: Illegible inscription at left edge
  • Function: Sketch
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1005
Projeto Portinari

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