Portrait of Mário de Andrade

Composition in blue (predominant), ochre, rose, earthy, black, red and white tones. Smooth texture with some marked brushstrokes. Bust of a man occupying almost the entire area of ​​the support, landscape in the background with large stripe of sky. The portrayed is facing forward, slightly off to the right, has black hair combed back, with a few gray hairs in the chops, broad forehead indicating early baldness, thick arched eyebrows, almond-shaped dark eyes, straight nose, closed thick lips, accentuated prognatism, square chin with a dimple in the the center and thin neck. He wears blue shirt with a half-open collar and marked armhole. In the background, on the left, a hovel, having a lamppost ornated with guirlanda of flowers wrapped around the base and a flag flying on top. On the right, suggestion of a road in diagonal left to right, going toward the back, with five indicated figures bottom composition indicated with five figures walking in line one behind the other. Sky in gradient blue with five balloons.