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Candido Portinari1944

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in black and white. Contour lines, some shaded and support with cells for expansion with horizontal and vertical lines and diagonal lines suggesting tiles. Study representing almost back figure, running diagonally from the left to the right and from front to back. Has open arms and raised, much more advanced on the right leg to the left; the face is only bypassed and wears long flowing robe.

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  • Title: Figure
  • 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: w25 x h29cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: human figure:figure
  • Technique: lead pencil , crayon
  • Signature: Unsigned and undated
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 173
  • Notes: Support affixed to cardboard.
  • Inscription: Numbering in bottom half. At left edge, inscription by Maria Portinari "Nº 238 Desenho de Candido Portinari, autenticado por Maria Victoria Portinari – DN 404”.
  • Function: Small-scale cartoon for the tile panel “Saint Francis of Assisi” [FCO 2474]
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-1973
Projeto Portinari

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