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Man with Back Turned
Candido Portinari1954
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines, overlapping and strong. Representation of half-length back man, against plain background. He has his hair cut in bowl is flexed with the on the right arm and the on the left stretched upwards. It is naked to the waist, revealing well-defined musculature.
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Details
- Title: Man with Back Turned
- 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: 1954
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w11.3 x h19.5cm 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 3961
- Function: Study for the panel Discovery of Brazil [FCO 2693]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4913
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