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Man Holding Animal

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines. It depicts man holding an animal in his arms indoors. The on the right figure is the area of ​​the composition profile shown to the left and to the waist. His face has outlined facial features and appears to be looking in the direction of a small animal that carries in his arms. The animal faces and is represented by small crosses skin suggesting perhaps be a stuffed animal. At the bottom, the on the left rectangle species serving base into a vessel with a narrow neck and window. We on the left and on the right lateral limits of the area on the composition of two patterned curtains.

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  • Title: Man Holding Animal
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w19.5 x h14cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1319
  • Function: Study, not used, for illustration of the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2263
Projeto Portinari

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