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Figure in Tears
Candido Portinari1947
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in blue and white. Sketch lines, quick strokes. Part 3/4 head turned to the right, occupying almost the entire area of the composition. Angular, creased face, without representation of hair; part of the creased forehead, straight eyebrows, big eyes outlined by wrinkles, from where tears that flow by angular faces. Big nose, parted lips and chin pit in the center.
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Details
- Title: Figure in Tears
- 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: 1947
- Physical Dimensions: w12.5 x h18.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: fountain pen
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 3651
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para o querido amigo Frangela com o abraço de Portinari M. 1947”
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2620
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