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Man with Back Turned
Candido Portinari1937
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. Figure of naked man, almost entirely back against white background. The figure is slightly turned to the left; It has fallen arms along the body, legs apart and feet parallel. Might falling from the left of the composition, illuminating the front of the body.
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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: 1937
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w46 x h72cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:workers, human figure:man
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 111
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 687”.
- Function: Study for the mural painting Cattle [FCO 1750]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-743
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