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Man Facing Front
Candido Portinari1938
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and grid to carry on the back, visible by transparency. Composition representing man standing and facing, occupying the central area of support. The figure has the face contoured with indicated facial features and marked musculature. It wears thong, standing with arms along the body and legs slightly apart, and the on the right is earlier than the on the left.
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Details
- Title: Man Facing Front
- 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: 1938
- Physical Dimensions: w38 x h73.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:man
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 4494
- Inscription: Inscription, in bottom right corner, "ESCOLA”; numbering at lateral, top and bottom edges
- Function: Cartoon for the mural painting Carnauba [FCO 1759]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4895
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