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Portrait of Dom Helder Câmara
Candido Portinari1959-03
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in violet hues, blue and white. Quick strokes. Bust Helder chamber, facing against a plain background, the center of the composition. The pictured has long face, suggesting few hair, very wide forehead, straight, thick eyebrows, small eyes facing forward, broad nose, and thin lips closed, a grin, rounded chin, short neck. Suggested closed cassock.
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Details
- Title: Portrait of Dom Helder Câmara
- 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: 1959-03
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w11.5 x h18.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: religious:eclesiastic:bishop, portrait:man, human figure:man
- Technique: fountain pen
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom right "Portinari março 959"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 481
- Notes: Support affixed to Bristol board.
- Inscription: Inscription at bottom right "Televisão”
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4425
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