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Sun

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in yellow, orange, purples, red, white and black tones. Smooth texture and contour lines. It depicts a man dressed up as the sun, occupying the entire support height. The figure has no definition of facial features, faces forward, with outstretched right arm, raised lef arm and legs apart. He wears a headdress of yellow feathers, a shirt with ornaments in violet tones and yellow collar, orange tights with sinuous violet and white stripes, and red sneakers. Plain white background and horizontal line marking the ground.

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  • Title: Sun
  • 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: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w17.5 x h25.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:man
  • Technique: watercolor, lead pencil
  • Signature: Initialed at bottom right "CP". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 5000
  • Inscription: Inscription in middle of bottom edge "Sol”
  • Function: Costume design for the Iara Ballet
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2130
Projeto Portinari

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