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Feet

Candido Portinari1938

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and brown. Shaded lines defined contours and defining volumes. Representation of part of both legs severed below the knees, feet and part of two cane bundles, occupying the entire stand area. Sees of the pants rolled up in the middle of the leg, foot profile from the right to on the left and on the right foot back with more of the fingers covered up by the heel in front, suggesting that the person was walking. On the right and on the left, behind the legs, two cane beams resting on the floor and in the bottom on the left corner, some stacked stones.

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  • Title: Feet
  • 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: 1938
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w97 x h72cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: social:working scenes:sugar cane, social:workers:farm hand, human figure:limbs:foot
  • Technique: charcoal
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 1954
  • Notes: Support spliced vertically.
  • Inscription: On reverse, label "Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo Parque Ibirapuera C.P. 22031 São Paulo – Brasil Título da Exposição: Portinari Pintor Social Autor: Portinari, e Dados Biográficos: Título da obra e data: Estudo P/o MEC (Pés) Técnica: Carvão Dimensões: 72 x 97”. Work not shown in exhibition cited in inscription.
  • Function: Fragment of the cartoon “Sugar Cane” [FCO 5334]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-830
Projeto Portinari

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