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Head
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines. Figure front head, occupies almost the whole area of the support. The figure is looking up, seeing the outline of the head without hair on top, open eyes, eyebrows, big nose, mouth and chin suggested; side, scribbles suggesting ears or hair, short neck with clothes-neck "V". Plain background.
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Details
- Title: Head
- 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: 1955
- Physical Dimensions: w9.5 x h10.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:figure, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5404
- Function: Sketch for the panel War [FCO 3799]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3616
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