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Composition in gray and white. Few traits. Figure head portion occupying 2/3 of the upper support. 3/4 head turned to the left, small traces representing hair, two straight lines representing the horizontal creases on the forehead, eyes represented by circular features, straight nose, partially erased lips, thick and straight closed and chin.
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: 1945
- Location Created: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w20.5 x h26cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:figure, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: fountain pen
- Signature: Signed and dated in middle of right half "Portinari 1945"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2517
- Notes: Paint faded with time, leaving only the furrow visible in some areas of the paper. Support is torn in bottom left corner.
- Function: Sketch
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2368
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