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Portrait of Manuel Bandeira

Candido Portinari1940

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition sepia and white. Contour lines and some shaded. Portrait of half-bust of Manuel Bandeira occupying almost the entire support area against white background. The pictured 3/4 is facing right, has a face suggesting that oval, only suggested hair, slightly prominent forehead looking up small parallel folds horizontally to the left; wears glasses of fine round hoops, seeing it through the lens of the on the right eye only bypassed without setting pupil or iris; hooked nose, thick, closed lips and small chin rounded. See if the neck is short, part of the suit, shirt and tie. On the right, one sees the on the left shoulder and of the arm.

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  • Title: Portrait of Manuel Bandeira
  • 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: 1940
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w37 x h45cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:man, human figure:man, human figure:limbs:trunk
  • Technique: monotype
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1638
  • Inscription: null. On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 504”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1190
Projeto Portinari

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