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Self-Portrait

Candido Portinari1957

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in light shades of ochre, gray and blue. Thick texture with large strokes. Self-portrait bust of the artist, taking almost the entire area of ​​the composition against ochre background. The depicted is 3/4 to on the right, has a rounded face, hair slicked back, with slight tuft in front, broad forehead and short, bushy eyebrows. He wears glasses with thin frames and round lenses, looking through these glasses, small eyes facing forward. Long nose, well defined and closed lips, chin marked with dimple in the center and wide neck. He wears a shirt with vertical stripes in gray tones, with open collar. Background with long, parallel strokes.

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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: 1957
  • Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w21 x h29.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: portrait:self-portrait, human figure:man
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Stamped signature at bottom left "PORTINARI*". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1
  • Inscription: null. On reverse, inscription by Maria Portinari "ON 994”.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-4093
Projeto Portinari

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