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Profiles and Figure Lying Down

Candido Portinari1935

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black, white and blue. Contour lines and shading. Figure Face on the right occupying almost the entire height of the support and scattered figures. On the right profile figure to the left, with well-defined eye; nose and lips suggested; shading on the face and no hair. On the left, several heads of men outlined in the horizontal direction; in the center, figure outline lying with legs apart.

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  • Title: Profiles and Figure Lying Down
  • 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: 1935
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w28 x h22cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:figure, human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: charcoal, fountain pen
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5718
  • Notes: Work executed in the artist’s own sketchbook.
  • Function: Sketch for the painting “Beach” [FCO 4052]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-550
Projeto Portinari

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