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Hands

Candido Portinari1937

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. Studies of both hands spread on both halves of the support, against white background. In the upper half, man's on the right hand, diagonally, seeing himself sprained wrist. Hand is holding a closed cylindrical shape object suggesting the cable a tool. One sees clearly the minimum fingers, ring, middle and index profile and the back of the thumb. In the lower half of the support, a man of the on the left hand of study, almost vertically, seeing himself sprained wrist. Hand is holding a closed cylindrical shape object suggesting the handle of a tool. They see the profile of the minimum fingers, ring and thumb.

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  • Title: Hands
  • 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: w32 x h49cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man, human figure:limbs:hand
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1999
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication by Maria Portinari.
  • Function: Study for one of the mural paintings from the Economic Cycles, Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-705
Projeto Portinari

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