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Head
Candido Portinari1941
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition sepia and white. Predominance of contour lines and some shaded. Man's Head Study, occupying the entire stand area. The figure is in profile to the left, with some suggestion of hair, broad forehead, long nose and thin, closed mouth and ear set. Take neck suggestion.
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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: 1941
- Physical Dimensions: w21 x h32cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: sepia
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom edge "Portinari Washington 942 [sic]"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 497
- Notes: Work is dated 1942, but was actually made in 1941. It is the study of the head of the missionary seen in the middle of the mural painting "Catechesis" [FCO 3767], from 1941.
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 20” and "Nº 341”.
- Function: Study for the mural painting Catechesis [FCO 3767]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1589
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