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Feet

Candido Portinari1955

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Angular contour lines. Four standing studies, against white background. In the lower on the left half, on the right leg profile to the right, with the raised heel and bent fingers up as if taking a step; the center, on the right foot seen almost entirely from above perpendicular to the support with the fingers bent upward; on the bottom on the right, another on the right foot profile on the right heel up and bent fingers as if you were taking a step, seeing if the ankle, the beginning of the leg and trouser bar; on the left upper half, standing outline seeing only the fingers that suggest being bent.

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  • Title: Feet
  • 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: 1955
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w26.8 x h25.4cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:limbs:foot
  • Technique: lead pencil
  • Signature: Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 698
  • Inscription: On reverse, authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 417” and "Nº 281”.
  • Function: Study for the panel “War” [FCO 3799]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3587
Projeto Portinari

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