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Saint Francis
Candido Portinari1944
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Predominance of draft rapid lines. Composition representing five areas defined by sinuous lines and filled by draft several groups of human figures. In the upper half, extending from the left to the right, irregular winding shape blank and base composition at the center, also square blank.
Details
- Title: Saint Francis
- 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: 1944
- Location Created: Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w16 x h9cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: Figura Humana:Grupo:Figuras
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 212
- Notes: Support’s ogival shape accompanies the shape of the ceiling in the church’s nave.
- Inscription: On reverse, lines possibly by the artist; authentication and inscriptions by Maria Portinari "DN 80” and "Nº 674”.
- Function: Sketch, not used, for the mural painting Saint Francis Casting Off His Clothes [FCO 2473]
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2019
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