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Man at the Window

Candido Portinari1946

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, lines, curves, interwoven and tangled shaded setting. In the center of the composition, old bust with the elbows in what appears to be the sill of a window, facing, slightly off to the right. Has hair that falls to her ears, frowning, eyebrows represented by small scribbles, big eyes wide open revealing look still and distant, large nose and mouth half open; with the on the right hand holds his chin. Background geometrized by intersecting lines forming a geometrism in chess and overlapping sinuous lines.

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  • Title: Man at the Window
  • 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: 1946
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17 x h24cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man
  • Technique: etching
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 834
  • Function: Original illustration, on a loose page, for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2515
Projeto Portinari

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