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An Extraordinary Letter
Candido Portinari1943
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and intersecting. Representation letter and pocket watch. To the left of the composition, front clock with roman numbers and current number. Behind the on the right-most open rectangular envelope, from which exits the watch chain. Background with semicircular lines and small areas with straight lines intersecting.
Details
- Title: An Extraordinary Letter
- 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: 1943
- Location Created: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brasil
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: diverse:objects:watch
- Technique: India ink pen
- Signature: Unsigned and undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 4558
- Function: Illustration no. 58 for the book Memorias posthumas de Braz Cubas, by Machado de Assis
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1907
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