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Head
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
black and white composition with red ochre tones. Contour lines, quick strokes. man's head study against plain background. The figure is in profile to the left, has hair represented by few quick lines, eye-popping eye, straight nose and stylized mouth with thick lips. Red ochre light strokes on the face, mouth and under the chin.
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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
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w9 x h10cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:boy, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: crayon, sanguine
- Signature: Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2006
- Inscription: On back of frame, label from Mini Gallery, "60” and "855 – PORTINARI, FORMATO 0,09 x 0,10, TÉCNICA – Desenho”; inscription "MV/250”.
- Function: Sketch
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3503
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