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Man with Back Turned
Candido Portinari1941
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. Study representing sailor back, with arms raised, holding a rope that lies ahead. Wears shirt, which is as it were hit by the wind, creating movement on the right. The design is cut off at the beginning of the legs.
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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: 1941
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w29 x h52cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:workers:sailor, human figure:man
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 402
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 354” and "Nº 481”.
- Function: Study for the mural painting Discovery of the Land [FCO 3765]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1480
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