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Worker with Back Turned

Candido Portinari1937-11-19

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Lines defining contours and shading setting volumes. Back worker occupying almost the entire area of ​​the support against a plain background. The man is muscular, is bent forward with his head down, looking up the wide-brimmed hat; idly in front of the body and legs apart with his feet out. Clothes short-sleeved shirt, pants rolled up to the middle of the leg and is barefoot. Might falling from the left.

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  • Title: Worker with Back Turned
  • 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: 1937-11-19
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w49 x h71cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:workers:farm hand, human figure:man
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Signed in middle of bottom edge "Portinari"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1658
  • Inscription: Dated in inscription at bottom right "croquis para o fumo 19-XI-937”
  • Function: Study for the mural painting “Tobacco” [FCO 1752]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-711
Projeto Portinari

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