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Half-wit

Candido Portinari1940

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Silly sitting in front occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition. A fool sits with the buttocks on the floor and legs apart and bent her knees up and arms folded upward with open and splayed hands. The fool has his head tilted to the left resting on the right shoulder. wear kind of wide drapery dress with drooping shoulders and has bare feet. Background with some straight lines suggesting indoors.

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  • Title: Half-wit
  • 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: 1940
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w20 x h24.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:child:girl
  • Technique: dry point
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1895
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1278
Projeto Portinari

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