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Candido Portinari1947

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and some strong features. Group of people composed of two women, a man and a child, against plain background. In the foreground, the center, kneeling, front, hands raised holding the head, on the right eye covered by hair falling in his face and a "stone tear" sprouting from his on the left eye. In the background, on the right, sitting behind the woman and holding her arms, a man sitting in front, with his head tilted to the left, based on the woman's head, legs together facing the on the right and bare feet. On the left, woman standing figure holding a child in her on the right arm, with very fine represented on the right leg bent with the knee turned out. The first two figures are drawn in stronger traits and the woman with the child just outlined.

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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: 1947
  • Physical Dimensions: w20 x h24cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:Northeastern migrant, human figure:child, human figure:group, human figure:man, human figure:woman
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "Portinari 1947"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2422
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Composition” [FCO 5112]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2592
Projeto Portinari

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