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Black Man
Candido Portinari1935
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Predominance of contour lines and some shaded. Figure black until the knees against a plain background. Man is 3/4 facing left and wearing a hat short tabs. Flat nose and full lips, bare chest, on the right arm stretched down. The on the left hand holds what would be a wooden bucket. Legs slightly apart and suggestion pants.
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Details
- Title: Black 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: 1935
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w16.5 x h22cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:ethnic groups:Black, social:workers, human figure:man
- Technique: crayon
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 490
- Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
- Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 731”.
- Function: Study for the painting Coffee [FCO 1191]. The model for this work was Newton Rodrigues, a framer in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro.
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-537
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