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Figure of Man
Candido Portinari1937-12-17
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. Human figure study against a plain background. Figure faces, trunk and head is tilted down, arms folded at on the right angle, pressing the forearm large iron bar. Megs apart. Wears only a loincloth. Might falling from the left side of the composition.
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Details
- Title: Figure of Man
- 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: 1937-12-17
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w49 x h71cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:workers:metal worker, human figure:man
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Signed at bottom left "Portinari"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 137
- Inscription: Dated in inscription at bottom right "croquis Para o Ferro 17-XII 937”. On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 683”. On back of frame, inscription "DN 683”.
- Function: Study for the mural painting Iron [FCO 1757]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-746
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