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Squatting Man

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines and some shaded. Drawing part to transport that was cut, representing the feet of the legs of a worker, with visible cells for transport in some areas. The figure is almost back, being able to see part of her buttocks, on the left foot, on the right foot and leg. She is crouched, the on the left foot with heel lifted and the on the right of every profile flat on the floor. To the right of the composition, near the foot of the early lots of cocoa beans suggestion.

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  • Title: Squatting Man
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w130 x h76cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man, human figure:limbs:foot, human figure:limbs:leg
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 3849
  • Inscription: On paper affixed to back of frame, authentication by Olga Portinari Leão, the artist’s sister.
  • Function: Cartoon for the mural painting “Cocoa” [FCO 1756]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-848
Projeto Portinari

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