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Man with Back Turned
Candido Portinari1938
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and grid to carry on the back, visible by transparency. Composition representing man back, occupying the central area of support. The figure is naked, has strong muscles, you see the outline of the head, is bent on the right arm and hand up, holding an object and is with legs apart.
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Details
- Title: Man with Back Turned
- 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: 1938
- Physical Dimensions: w41 x h74.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:working scenes:rubber tapping, social:workers:rubber tapper, human figure:man
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 4492
- Inscription: Numbering at left and bottom edges
- Function: Cartoon for the mural painting Rubber [FCO 1758]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4893
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