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Portrait of Stalin

Candido Portinari1952

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, quick strokes, sketch character. Head of Stalin on white background. The portrayed faces, slightly turned to the left, has suggested hairs a few lines short and combed back, wrinkles between the thick, arched eyebrows, small eyes with pronounced wrinkles under them and in the corners, indicated nose. Mong mustaches, and filled with upturned ends, half-covering his lips, wrinkle at the center of the chin and neck indicated.

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  • Title: Portrait of Stalin
  • 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: 1952
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w26 x h36cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:man
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 2369
  • Inscription: On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "Desenho de Candido Portinari – Autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari”; stamp of notarized signature.
  • Function: Study for the drawing “Portrait of Stalin” [FCO 3280]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3143
Projeto Portinari

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