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Self-Portrait

Candido Portinari1956

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow tones, ochre, rose, gray, white and green. Rough texture, marked brushstrokes, spatula use. Self-portrait against a light background. Painter bust facing, with slicked-back hair and tuft on the top of the head. Broad forehead, furrowed, with strong entries. It has slanted eyebrows and wears thin-rimmed glasses revealing the half-open eyes. Serious face, thin lips, rounded chin with pit in the center. Neck short and wide. wear shirt-neck "V" and tip collar sideways. Shirt with sleeves, yellow fabric with risks in many ways. Risks with a spatula made by forming grooves in the pictorial layer. Clear, gray ochre background.

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  • Title: Self-Portrait
  • 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: 1956
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w38.3 x h46.7cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:self-portrait, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 908
  • Inscription: Signed and dated in dedication, at bottom left, "PARA JANE E MEM COM A AMISADE [sic] DE PORTINARI 1956”. Inscription in bottom left corner "AUTO-RETRTO [sic]”
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4071
Projeto Portinari

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