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Fragility

Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, winding lines and quick strokes. Woman profile between waves, birds and ship in the background, occupying the entire area of ​​the composition. In the center part of woman in profile head to the left, wavy hair, short forehead, eyebrow oblique, triangular eye, straight nose, lips and suggested fine chin. Near the bottom edge, two birds fly to the left. Basically, the ship crosses the width of the composition, looking up little crosses on the left. Moose lines, small lines and arabesques complete the composition.

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  • Title: Fragility
  • 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: 1945
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w24 x h15cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:bird, human figure:limbs:head, human figure:woman
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1671
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Function: Illustration for the poem “Fragilidade,” by Carlos Drummond de Andrade, published in the book “10 poemas em manuscrito”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2439
Projeto Portinari

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