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Foot

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, white and gray. Predominance of contour lines and watercolor touches. Standing study stylized on the right profile to the left, with minimal finger raised. Pants strap passing between the fingers. Dark band at the ankle suggests clothes bar.

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  • Title: Foot
  • 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: w45 x h22cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:limbs:foot
  • Technique: India ink brush , India ink wash
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 206
  • Inscription: Inscription in bottom right corner "1”. On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 38” and "Nº 400”.
  • Function: Study for the tile panel “Saint Francis of Assisi” [FCO 2474]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2003
Projeto Portinari

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