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Man

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, shading, and box to transport drilling decal. Full body man, taking up almost the entire area of ​​support, with trunks of palm carnauba the background. The man is standing in front, his head turned three quarters to the right, arms along the body, enlarged feet - on the right toward the front and the on the left to the right. Has fallen short straight hair and forehead, angular facial features, eyes and slanted eyebrows, thick lips and nose outlined - wide neck, torso and muscular arms and hands also increased. She is naked from the waist up and dress pants rolled up to his shins with belt buckle. In the background, on the right, a palm tree trunk scaly carnauba, stopped the man's hand height; the center and on the left the other two trunks scaled.

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  • Title: Man
  • 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: 1944
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w94 x h260cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:cultivating carnaúba palms, social:ethnic groups:Indian, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2957
  • Notes: Support affixed to wood.
  • Function: Study for the mural painting “Carnauba” [FCO 1759]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2273
Projeto Portinari

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