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Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. Study on the right hand against a plain background. The hand is closed in a horizontal composition. You see the beginning of the on the right side of the wrist and thumb of the on the left hand, the other fingers are not visible.
Details
- Title: Hand
- 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: 1937
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w23 x h21cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:limbs:hand
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 115
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 486” and "Nº 94”.
- Function: Study for the mural painting �Gold Mine� [FCO 1751]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-738
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