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Mestizo Man

Candido Portinari1959

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Few parallel straight lines and shading. Kneeling figure of a mulatto, on his back, feet stuck in torture trunk, taking up more than half the height of the composition. He has curly hair, on the right arm and leg represented as dark and on the left hand and legs with light. At the upper left corner, crouching boy forward. On the right vertical rectangle light that falls into the mulatto body height, sealing of light-dark contrast. In the background, on the left, boy sitting front and jagged lines suggesting vegetation. Parallel lines between mulatto and vertical legs on the bottom on the left, balance with shading representing the ground.

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  • Title: Mestizo 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: 1959
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w12 x h29.7cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:ethnic groups:mulatto, human figure:child:boy, human figure:man
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed in middle of bottom edge "Portinari"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5709
  • Inscription: Inscription "ESTUDO PARA AGUA FORTE”
  • Function: Study for the engraving “Mestizo Man Restrained on Block” [FCO 816]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4619
Projeto Portinari

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