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Man with Tears of Stone

Candido Portinari1947

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in blue and white. Quick strokes and contour lines. Half-bust 3/4 man facing left, occupying the center of the stand area. Has rounded face, hair and forehead poorly defined, on the right eye and on the left eye-popping open closed with "stone tears" fallen off the face, broad nose, thick lips, and closed and fallen square chin. See if the on the left ear protruding neck with two lines in the horizontal and the beginning of clothing.

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  • Title: Man with Tears of Stone
  • 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: 1947
  • Physical Dimensions: w21.5 x h28.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: fountain pen
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2613
  • Notes: Work executed on title page of a copy of the book "Portinari, His Life and Art" [LV 7].
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication in bottom right corner "Para o Peixoto e Preciosa com a amizade de Maria e Portinari Set 1947”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2622
Projeto Portinari

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