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Three Heads and Boy

Candido Portinari1946

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Angular contour lines. Three heads of men and a boy, occupying almost the entire area of ​​the composition. In the center of the composition, a man of half-bust, front, with kinky hair, creased forehead, large eyes and wide, huge tears stylized, falling on their faces; flat nose, half-open mouth with teeth will show and represented by small beard dashes and dots. wears collarless shirt. Behind the on the right shoulder of this figure, a man head half with the same physiognomic characteristics of the central figure with the exception of the beard representation. Behind the on the left shoulder of the man in the center, another head of the same characteristics of the other, profile to the right. To the left of the composition, boyish figure with round-faced, balding, round eyes and flattened nose. On the right about three cylinder formed by joining with straight lines to one another in perspective for background.

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  • Title: Three Heads and Boy
  • 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: 1946
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w22.5 x h15cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group:men
  • Technique: woodcut
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 872
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2498
Projeto Portinari

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