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Old Man
Candido Portinari1955
Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Composition in black and white. Contour lines and tangled. Old head occupying the entire stand area. He faces has marked facial features, with big nose, wrinkles, marks, and at the time of shading neck. Plain background.
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Details
- Title: Old Man
- 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: 1955
- Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Physical Dimensions: w10 x h12.5cm without frame
- Provenance: João Candido Portinari
- Rights: João Candido Portinari
- External Link: Projeto Portinari
- Theme: human figure:man, human figure:limbs:head
- Technique: lead pencil
- Signature: Signed in bottom left corner "Portinari". Undated
- Painter: Candido Portinari
- Number: FCO 5478
- Inscription: On back of frame, label from Artefact framing house.
- Function: Sketch. Margarida Bolognani, to whom the artist gave the work as a gift, was among the students from the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes who visited Portinari in 1955 as he painted the panels War [FCO 3799] and Peace [FCO 3798].
- Catalogue Raisonné: CR-3505
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