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Male Costume

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in ochre, black, rose, gray and white. Smooth texture and contour lines. It depicts figure dressed in costumes of a stylized animal. The figure is standing in front, his head turned to the right, raised his on the left arm and hand pointing to the right, on the right arm down and legs apart. Clothing is in ochre and white with black spots, has a large beak, red nose, hands suggesting a claw with the fine tip and feet suggesting two fingers. Head out some sort of punishment or cloth, which runs through almost the feet of the figure, in shades rose, ochre and gray. Plain white background.

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  • Title: Male Costume
  • 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: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h25.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:figure
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Initialed at bottom right "C.P.". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4970
  • Notes: Support affixed to gray cardboard.
  • Inscription: On cardboard, inscription "36 nº 2”. On reverse, inscription "1 Yurekoff”; label from photographic record from Christie's.
  • Function: Costume design for the Iara Ballet
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2123
Projeto Portinari

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