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Hands and Foot

Candido Portinari1937

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. The composition represents two studies hand, at the top, and a foot study, the bottom of the support against white background. In the upper half of the composition on the left, on the right hand closed study slightly diagonally looking up its outer portion and the handle. Hand is holding a kind of stick, which sees only the top. In the top half, on the right, on the left hand closed study, seen from the inside, holding kind of stick with the five fingers in front, and the thumb is the first from the top down. In the lower half of the support, center, Profile on the left foot to the right, seeing the beginning of the leg and foot potato drafted law whose heel covers the front of the on the left.

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  • Title: Hands and Foot
  • 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: 1937
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w40 x h60cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:limbs:hand, human figure:limbs:foot
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 108
  • Inscription: Inscription at bottom right "croquis para Canna”. On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 680”.
  • Function: Study for the mural painting “Sugar Cane” [FCO 1749]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-715
Projeto Portinari

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