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Hands

Candido Portinari1937

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and brown. Lines defining contours and shading setting volumes. Composition representing drawing party for transportation, seeing three pairs of hands supported on three pairs of knees three seated figures, side by side, in profile to the right. Hands and knees form a diagonal on the left to the right, front to back. In the background is seen on the left part of the legs of a man standing in front and part of the index and middle fingers of the on the left hand of the same figure that would be with the arm along the body. On the right, even the background, we see part of a figure standing that would be a little more back and on the right leg of another figure who would also be standing and facing.

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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: w89 x h96cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group:men, human figure:limbs:hand
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1960
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription "Mãos nos joelhos, carvão de autoria de meu irmão Candido Portinari Campinas, 5 Abril 979 Maria Portinari Carvalho Antônio Carlos Carvalho,” sister and nephew of the artist, respectively.
  • Function: Fragment of the cartoon “Jesuit School” [FCO 5346]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-772
Projeto Portinari

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