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Plus Ultra!

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Dark and tangled lines areas. It depicts man's head suggesting be in dark indoors. The on the right figure is the area of ​​the composition's profile to the left; his face is almost all in shadow, seeing mainly the nose, on the left eye and hair combed back. He's with his arms stretched almost horizontally and suggests be holding hands in a test tube or something similar. The fund is confusing and is defined by dark and light areas filled with tangled lines.

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  • Title: Plus Ultra!
  • 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: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h12cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1317
  • Function: Illustration no. 34 for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2260
Projeto Portinari

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