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Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Fast contour lines. Figure suggesting half-body being cut with the head inserted in the rectangle outlined quickly. To the right of the center through-body front or back figure without head, which is the on the right arm is bent upwards and inwards with hand and on the left standing suggests be down. To the left of the composition, it is seen head with crudely defined facial features, eyes represented by an inserted circle an oval, triangular oval nose and mouth. The head is as loose and inclined to the right; further down to see if that would be the three fingers of one hand too loose.

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  • Title: Figure
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w21.5 x h16cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:figure
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1287
  • Inscription: Inscription in bottom left corner "5”
  • Function: Illustration no. 4 for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2200
Projeto Portinari

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