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How Itaguahy Got a House from Orates

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Dark areas and some lines. Dark and confusing composition with checkered and uneven areas seeing up on the left, a man of the middle-body suggesting sitting at a table. His face is defined by coarse facial features and is supported in his on the right hand whose arm is bent at the elbow on the table. The on the left arm is also folded but supported on the table.

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  • Title: How Itaguahy Got a House from Orates
  • 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: w17.5 x h12cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1284
  • Inscription: Inscription in bottom left corner "2”
  • Function: Illustration no. 1 for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2193
Projeto Portinari

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