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Musician

Candido Portinari1942

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and intersecting straight lines. Breast musician playing Cavaquinho, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition. The musician faces his head almost in profile to the left. He has a round face, hair be suggesting pixains, big eyes upturned nose represented by a triangle and closed thick lips. wear plaid shirt with collar up and jacket. It arms folded and holds a Cavaquinho at chest height. Large hands with deliberate expressive deformation touch the instrument's strings. Background with geometrical areas filled with parallel lines, intersecting and dashed.

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  • Title: Musician
  • 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: 1942
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w15.7 x h22.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:musicians:cavaquinho player, human figure:man
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2416
  • Function: Study for the panel “Slum” [FCO 4166]. Musicians Series
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1619
Projeto Portinari

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