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Profile of Man
Candido Portinari1937-12
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volume. Profile of man to the right against white background. The figure is slightly turned backward, has strong body with ripped muscles, short hair, right arm bent with hand resting on the waist and feet apart. Light falling on the left of the composition, lighting the back of the body.
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Details
- Title: Profile of Man
- 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: 1937-12
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w30 x h71cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: social:workers, human figure:man
- Technique: charcoal
- Signature: Signed and dated at bottom left "XII-937 Portinari"
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 110
- Inscription: Inscription at bottom left "croquis Para o Gado”. On reverse, authentication and inscription by Maria Portinari "DN 685”.
- Function: Study for the mural painting Cattle [FCO 1750]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-741
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