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Three Men

Candido Portinari1946

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, lines, curves and intersecting giving shading effect. Breast two figures head and another, occupying the central area of ​​the composition. In the foreground on the left, 3/4 man facing right, with the head facing up, bald, round eyes, straight nose and half-open mouth, wearing clothes with high collar. His hands are at chest height outstretched on the right and clenched on the left, one facing the other. In the background, on the right, front man with the face 3/4 facing left. It wears top hat, has curly hair covering his ear as chops, big eyes, nose represented by sinuous lines and colon, open mouth with teeth bared. On the third level, the center, front man head. Wearing a hat, has curly hair, big eyes outlined, represented by two black circles, nose represented by two wavy lines and two points, well defined lips and half-open. Background with tangle of lines forming geometrism.

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  • Title: Three Men
  • 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: w16.7 x h23.5cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group:men
  • Technique: etching
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 863
  • Function: Original illustration, not used, for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2521
Projeto Portinari

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