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Portrait of Aloysio Graça Aranha
Candido Portinari1932
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Predominantly shaded. Boy head, occupying almost the entire stand area. The boy is in front, 3/4 to the left, has straight hair with bangs covering his forehead; thin eyebrows arched, large almond-shaped eyes, small nose and lips closed. Shadows areas on the face and the on the right side of the head is only sketched. Plain background.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Aloysio Graça Aranha
- 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: w23 x h25.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: portrait:child:boy
- Technique: lead pencil
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5271
- Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication at bottom right "Para o Mucio o Portinari Rio 932”. On back of frame, label "28 PORTINARI, Cândido 1903-1962 Cabeça de Menino, desenho as. com dedicatória a Múcio Leão e dat. Rio 1932 inf. dir. 27 x 24”.
- Function: Study for the painting Portrait of Aloysio Graça Aranha [FCO 5657]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-300
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