Composition in black and white. Letters form of various shapes and sizes. Book cover layout seeing the sets of words distributed evenly and seeing to the center of the support, great blank which was later inserted into an illustration.
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Title: The Psychiatrist
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
Inscription: Inscriptions, in top half, "MACHADO DE ASSIS” and "O ALIENISTA” [cut letters]; in bottom half, "O ALIENISTA” and "ILUSTRAÇÕES DE PORTINARI”
Function: Design for cover of the book O alienista, by Machado de Assis
Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2190
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