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Profile of Child
Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black, white and blue tones. Contour lines. Boy profile, occupying almost the entire stand area. The boy is facing left, has curly hair, slightly upturned nose, thin and closed lips, chin slightly prominent. You see line defining the start of the neck.
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Details
- Title: Profile of Child
- 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: w16 x h19cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:child:boy, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: lead pencil , colored pencil
- Signature: Stamped signature in bottom right corner "Portinari*". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 554
- Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 328” and "Nº 485”.
- Function: Sketch for the mural painting Childrens Games [FCO 1760]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2283
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