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Hand Holding Comb
Candido Portinari1943
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines. On the left hand holding a comb representation. Hand is seen with his fingers to the bottom of the composition, the thumb in front of the comb and the others behind. In the foreground, cue flowers. On the right drapery curtain. At the bottom, rectangular frame which can be window or mirror view behind a wall. Straight lines suggesting wall and winding lines involve composition.
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Details
- Title: Hand Holding Comb
- 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: 1943
- Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:limbs:hand, diverse:objects:comb
- Technique: India ink pen
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari 943"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 4562
- Function: Illustration no. 64 for the book Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas, by Machado de Assis
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1914
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