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Man Bending Over

Candido Portinari1937

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. Figure of a man in profile to the left, against white background, leaning forward at an angle of almost ninety degrees. The arms are fallen down in a position to pick something up. The figure wears hat, dress shirt with half sleeve and pants, which are rolled below the knees and is barefoot. The figure body is strong looking up the muscles of the arms is well defined. The on the right leg and foot are not visible because there is a horizontal line cutting the on the right leg just below knee. Might falling from the left side of the composition, illuminating the front of the figure.

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  • Title: Man Bending Over
  • 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: w44 x h63cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:workers, human figure:man
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 144
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 681”. On back of frame, inscription "DN 681”.
  • Function: Study, not used, for the mural painting �Brazilwood� [FCO 1748]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-723
Projeto Portinari

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