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Portrait of Alfredo Fernandes
Candido Portinari1932
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and shading. Portrait of man's head, facing left 3/4 and occupying almost the entire support area, and flat against white background. The pictured has oval face, straight brown hair, combed straight back, broad forehead, marked eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes on the left, marked nose with septum closed labia minora and very square chin. It has a short neck and wears closed the shirt collar and tie suggested by shading.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Alfredo Fernandes
- 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: 1932
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w13.7 x h18.8cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: portrait:man
- Technique: lead pencil , crayon
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "CPortinari 932"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 4739
- Inscription: Inscription on reverse of support "Alfredo [illegible] Fernandes”
- Function: The sitter is one of the 1932 graduates of the School of Architecture at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes / ENBA
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-287
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