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Torrent of Lunatics

Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Dark and contour lines areas. Composition representing eight faces spread over the entire area of ​​support. All are set for coarse and schematic facial features, finding himself very wide eyes, noses represented by a triangle and almost all mouths ajar and thick lips. In front are four faces, three front and one profile to the left; further back are four more, this part covered by the front, seeing-especially the eyes. Areas with intersecting lines and areas of small squares suggest the clothes of the people.

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  • Title: Torrent of Lunatics
  • 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: w17.5 x h12cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:group:men, human figure:limbs:head
  • Technique: India ink pen , India ink brush
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1285
  • Function: Illustration no. 2 for the book “O alienista,” by Machado de Assis
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2195
Projeto Portinari

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