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Kiss

Candido Portinari1943

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Sketch lines. Support containing three sketches of double faces kissing. In the top half of the support, the faces are nearly edge-on to the left: the man's head is on the right and in front and the women's faces, slightly tilted to the right and further back. The center profile sketch to the right. In the lower half of the support, the faces are almost opposite, the woman is on the left and the man on the right. The facial features of the figures are roughly defined.

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  • Title: Kiss
  • 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: 1943
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w11.5 x h19cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:couple, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Initialed in bottom left corner "C.P.". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1280
  • Notes: Support affixed to paper.
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom edge of paper to which work is affixed "Bem aventurados os que não descem”
  • Function: Sketch for the engraving “The First Kiss” [FCO 838]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1947
Projeto Portinari

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