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Hand with Butterfly

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, quick strokes and sinuous lines. Composition representing open hand with butterfly inn occupying the center of the area of ​​the composition. The hand appears to be represented on the right hand man; it is open on the right diagonal to the left, from front to back, seeing-pulse at the bottom and fingers up. The thumb and forefinger are stretched and the other three fingers are slightly bent; joints and hand lines are marked. In the center of the palm, you see inn Black butterfly. At the wrist is seen early clothing. Smooth straight lines and circular cross the area randomly composition.

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  • Title: Hand with Butterfly
  • 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
  • Physical Dimensions: w20.3 x h17cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:butterfly, human figure:limbs:hand
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "Portinari 943"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1245
  • Function: Illustration no. 23 for the book “Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1859
Projeto Portinari

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