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The Barber Imprisoned

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Fast contour lines. Composition depicting two It depicts divided by a vertical line that cuts the support. To the left, two full-length men standing side by side, are suggesting profile to the right, walking. What is the safe on the right the collar of a small, long dog that lies ahead. Above the two figures, representing a dog lying profile to the right surrounded by rapid circular lines. To the right of the composition, in the space where was happening the second It depicts, two full-length men standing in profile to the left; the two seem to be moving and that the on the left is more advanced and the on the right has the on the left hand on the shoulder of the other.

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  • Title: The Barber Imprisoned
  • 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: w19 x h13cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Nature:Animals:dog, human figure:group:men
  • Technique: India ink pen
  • Signature: Signed at bottom right edge "Portinari". Undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1316
  • Function: Illustration no. 33 for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2258
Projeto Portinari

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