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Hand

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black tones, white and gray. Predominance of contour lines and watercolor touches. Hand study stylized on the left open, with fingers slightly apart and stretched upwards, looking up the nails and the lines that define your back.

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  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w29 x h37cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:limbs:hand
  • Technique: India ink brush , India ink wash
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 187
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom right "2”. On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 43” and "Nº 392”.
  • Function: Study for the tile panel “Saint Francis of Assisi” [FCO 2474]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1989
Projeto Portinari

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