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Head
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Rapid lines. Figure head occupying almost the entire area of support. 3/4 long face facing left, hair represented by quick strokes on the forehead and straight down. Eyebrows dashed, round eyes, long, pointed nose, lips closed and protruding chin. It is seen the top of the neck with two horizontal creases.
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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: w10 x h12.5cm 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 in bottom right corner "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 2880
- Function: Sketch. Reny Golcman, to whom the artist gave the work as a gift, was among the students from the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes who visited Portinari in 1955 as he painted the panels War [FCO 3799] and Peace [FCO 3798].
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3485
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